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進入《中英對照讀新聞》Smartphones to rescue for lost cats, grandmas 智慧型手機搜救走失的貓咪和祖母
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Lost your cat? Your grandmother? Or are you injured in a car crash, unable to call for help because your phone battery is dead? Never fear, a mobile solution is near.
你家的貓走失了嗎？祖母不見了嗎？還是你在車禍中受傷，手機電池沒電，沒辦法打電話求救嗎？不用怕，解決這些問題的行動裝置已經不遠。
If you buy a GPS pet-tracking device from Tractive, you can attach it to your dog’s or cat’s collar and get an immediate alarm on your smartphone the moment he or she leaves from the garden, or any other area you have defined.
如果你購買Tractive的GPS寵物追蹤裝置，就能把它接在貓狗項圈上。只要貓狗離開花園或其他設定範圍 ，智慧型手機立刻就會收到警告通知。
Your pet’s hopes of escape can be quickly squashed with the help of your iPhone or Android-powered mobile.
在iPhone或Android作業系統行動裝置幫助下，寵物逃家的希望將迅速粉碎。
By simply flipping a switch in the Tractive app, you can turn on the integrated light on the tracking device to help find your pet in the dark.
只要輕點Tractive應用程式的按鍵，就可以打開追蹤裝置內建的指示燈，在一片漆黑中找到你的寵物。
Forgetful grandparents can be traced easily, too.
健忘的阿公阿嬤也可以輕易追蹤。
A new black and silver phone for seniors, Emporia Connect, comes with a system called Emporia Me, allowing a child or grandchild to check the device’s location, battery status, or even turn up the volume on the phone to make sure the elderly owner can hear it.
黑銀色手機Emporia Connect搭配Emporia Me系統，可讓用戶確認裝置的位置、電池狀態，甚至加大電話音量，確認阿公阿嬤或老爸老媽可以聽到聲音。
While it is not a smartphone, it does have an orientation feature that lets a user push a single button to get turn-by-turn audible instructions for returning to a car while on a shopping trip, for example.
雖然不是智慧型手機，但它有定位特色，舉例來說，使用者只要按下一個按鈕，就能得到路線規劃的聲音指示，讓購物中的使用者可以回到車子旁。
新聞辭典
squash：動詞，壓扁、壓碎。例句：She squashed some of her clothes inside the bag.（她把袋子裡的一些衣服壓扁了。）
flip：動詞，輕彈、輕拋、輕擊。例句：He flipped his tablet to show me some pictures.（他點一下平板電腦，讓我看照片。）
audible：形容詞，可以聽見的。例句：Some ultrasound is audible to dogs.（狗狗可以聽見某些超音波。）
