A：Excuse me, what's the screen near your steering wheel for?

不好意思，請問一下，你方向盤旁邊的那個屏幕是干什么的啊?

B：It's a portable TV. It's a popular thing now.

這是個移動電視，現(xiàn)在非常流行。

A：Oh, that's new to me. So what's on everyday?

對我來說這真是個新鮮事物。那每天這上面都在播放什么節(jié)目呢?

B：News about current affairs, documentaries, music, movies, noncommercial ads and so on.

實事新聞、紀錄片、音樂、電影和公益廣告等等。

A：Is there anything interesting?

有有趣的節(jié)目嗎?

B：Yes, there are something good and informative. I think that many people underestimate the value of TV in education.

有啊，這上面有些東西非常好，而且信息量也非常大。我認為很多人都低估了電視在教育方面的價值。

A：I agree. Are there any commercials on the TV?

我同意。那這種電視上有商業(yè)廣告嗎?

B：Of course. Because the TV stations need to make money from commercials between the programs .

當然有啊。因為電視臺需要從節(jié)目中間插播的廣告賺取利潤。

A：That makes a lot of sense. Does the TV work well?

似乎是這樣。那這個電視運作得正常嗎?

B：Not always. It depends on the transmission of the satellite signals.

不是一直都好。這取決于衛(wèi)星信號傳輸?shù)暮脡摹?/p>

A：I got it. Do you pay for the programs?

我懂了。那你需要付費嗎?

B：Yes, 50 Yuan per month.

要付費的。一個月50塊錢。

注釋:

steering wheel 方向盤

portable adj. 輕便的

current adj. 目前的

informative adj. 提供豐富資料的

commercial n. 商業(yè)廣告

transmission n. 傳輸

satellite n. 衛(wèi)星

fatigue n. 疲倦，疲勞

entertain vt. 娛樂