《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。
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。)