【生詞預覽】

decipher解讀，technicals技術術語

【笑話原文】

CD Player

While shopping for my first CD player, I was able to decipher most of the technicalses on the promotional signs. One designation had me puzzled, though, so I called over a salesperson and asked,“ What does 'hybrid pulse D/A converter' mean?“

“That means,” she said, “that this machine will read the digital information that is encoded on CDs and convert it into an audio signal - that is, into music.”

In other words this CD player plays CDs.

Exactly.

【中文譯文】

CD唱機

在購買我的第一部CD唱機時，我能夠解讀推銷標記上面的大多數技術語言。但是有一個標示卻讓我頗為迷惑，于是我叫過銷售商，問道：“‘混合脈沖D/A變換器’是什么意思？”

“它的意思是，”她說，“這個機器能夠讀CD碟上加碼的數字信息，將它轉換成聲音信息－也就是說，轉換成音樂。”

換句話說，這個CD唱機能夠播放CD碟。
正是如此。

【詞匯講解】

1.decipher解讀／破譯。Researchers are gradually deciphering the genetic structure found in the cells of organisms.研究者正漸漸破譯存于有機體細胞內的基因結構。

2.puzzled困惑的。Everyone was a bit puzzled by her sudden departure.
每個人都對她的突然離開有點兒困惑不解。

3.call over把…叫過來。 The teacher saw her standing there and called her over.老師看見她站在那里, 就把她叫了過來。也有“點(名)”的意思：The teacher calls over the names of his students every day.老師每天給學生點名。

4.converter轉換器。也可以指“變頻器”、“整流器／變流器”。

5.encode把…譯成電碼。“編制成計算機語言”：We should encode the message for security reasons.為了確保安全，我們應該對信息進行編碼。

6.signal信息，信號。Signals are made with flags or lamps.用旗或凳傳遞信號。