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Unit 3 The New iPod Nano

Francine is humming 1 a tune 2 with her earphones 3 on...
Sam: Francine! The bus is here!

Francine: What did you say? I couldn't hear you because I was listening to my favorite track 4 .

Sam: You've had those earphones on all day. I always knew you were a music lover, but this is ridiculous 5 !

Francine: There's nothing ridiculous about my new iPod Nano. It's just like the old iPod, but even smaller. Here—hold it while I load up this slide 6 show.

Sam: Wow! It's as thin as a pencil, and very light! How many songs does it hold?

Francine: I've uploaded 7 800 songs, and I still have room for thousands of photos.
Sam: Cool! The full-color display 8 is awesome 9 . Hey, that's a photo of last year's Christmas party. So...now that Christmas is almost here again, I think I know what I want....
Francine: All right. I won't let you down.

Sam: You mean you'll buy me a black 60 gigabyte 10 iPod that plays video? Thanks!
Francine: What?!
Sean Gale

Vocabulary

1. hum v. 哼（曲子）

2. tune n. 曲調；旋律

3. earphones n. 耳機

4. track n. 唱片的音軌；樂曲

5. ridiculous adj. 可笑的，荒
謬的

6. slide n. 幻燈片

slide show 幻燈片顯示

7. upload v.【電腦】上傳

8. display n. 顯示

9. awesome adj.【口】很棒的

10. gigabyte n.【電腦】十億位組

Notes

1. have...on 穿著，戴著…
What color of socks do you have on?
你穿什麼顏色的襪子？

2. load up 【電腦】上傳
I'm going to load up the next video.
我要上傳下一部影片。

3. thousands of 數千（個）；許許多多；無數
I have thousands of songs on my computer.
我電腦裡有很多歌。

4. now that 既然
= seeing that = since
Now that you're home, let's have dinner.
既然你在家了，我們來吃晚飯吧。

5. let sb. down 讓某人失望
= disappoint sb.
I let my parents down when I didn't pass the test.
我考試沒通過，讓我父母失望了。

Example

例 1 A: What do you say to seeing a movie tonight?
你覺得今晚去看場電影如何？
B: I think that's a great idea!
我覺得那是個很棒的主意！

例 2 A: What do you think about my new hairstyle?
你覺得我的新髮型怎麼樣？
B: Well, I must say it's quite different!
嗯，我必須說它看起來很不一樣！

例 3 A: What's your view on the war in Iraq?
你對伊拉克的戰爭有何看法？
B: In my opinion , war is never the answer.
在我看來，戰爭絕不是解決之道。

例 4 A: Any idea about Kristin's plans for tomorrow?
你知道克莉絲汀明天的計畫是什麼嗎？
B: It seems to me that she wants to go swimming.
她好像是要去游泳。