《中英對照讀新聞》Biggest TV screen ever will be as tall as a man歷來最大的電視，將和人一樣高

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Couch potatoes might no longer have room for the couch. Stand well back for the world’s biggest television, a 150-inch plasma screen that towers six feet high and stretches 11 feet wide.

喜歡窩在沙發上的懶骨頭，可能不再有空間擺沙發了。遠遠站好，迎接世界上最大的電視，一台6英尺高、11英尺寬的150吋電漿螢幕。

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Although it can show footballers in actual size, you would need to sit more than 30 feet away to watch it in comfort.

雖然它可以呈現真實體型的足球員，但你必須坐在超過30英尺遠，才能舒服地觀賞。

Two years ago Panasonic demonstrated a 103-inch TV at the CES. Last year Sharp went bigger with an LCD flatscreen measuring 108 inches. Panasonic insists that the 150-inch set is not merely a novelty show-stopper but intended for sale.

2年前，Panasonic在CES電子展上展示103吋電視。去年夏普則推出更大的108吋LCD平面電視。Panasonic堅稱，150吋電視不是只要讓人嘆為觀止的新奇產品，也會推上市面。

James Beechinor-Collins, editor of Republic Publishing and co-founder of the gadget website ElectricPig, said： ’This will be the Formula 1 car of TV. It’s pushing the boundaries of technology and it’s only this way they can improve effectiveness and efficiency. But how many people are going to buy a 150-inch TV for ￡50,000?’

共和出版社編輯兼新奇玩意網站ElectricPig的共同創辦人柯林斯說：「這就好比是電視界的一級方程式賽車，它是拓展科技極限的產品，唯有如此，他們才能增進效率與效能。但有多少人會用5萬英鎊買一部150吋電視呢？」

新聞辭典

tower︰名詞，塔，高樓；動詞，高聳，屹立。例句：The skyscraper towers into the sky.（這棟摩天大樓高聳入雲。）

showstopper︰名詞，讓人嘆為觀止、掌聲不斷的東西，showstopping 為同義形容詞，如 a showstopping performance（讓人嘆為觀止的表現。）