對話口譯譯文如下：

納米技術

Student:“Nano” has become a trendy term in recent years, with many commodities using nanotechnologyas the selling point. I think many people, like me, will raise the samequestion: What is “Nano”?

教授：實際上納米是長度的單位，一納米就是十億分之一米，大概等于頭發直徑的八萬分之一。

Student:What is nanotechnology then? What are its advantages? Why does it have such awide scope of application?

教授：納米科技是一門跨學科、應用領域廣泛的技術。它透過操縱原子和分子，使物質產生變異的特性，因此可以提供強大的科技應用平臺，有助于開發嶄新及具有全新特性和功 能的材料和生產工序。只要加上創意，納米科技就可以令很多以前無法想像的事物一一實現。

Student:That sounds amazing! Can you give me a few examples of the practicalapplication of nanotechnology?

教授：其實你身邊就有很多的例子。上網看看，有各式各樣的納米護膚品、納米衣服、還有納米醫療產品、殺菌除臭的空氣凈化系統和環保節能系統。還有體積越來越輕巧但功能 越來越強的電子產品如高速電腦、超薄顯示屏等，所有這些都因納米科技而應運而生。

Student:So it seems that nanotechnology has huge development potential! No wonder many countriesand regions in the world have devoted substantial resources to vigorouslydevelop R&D in nanotechnology.

教授：是的，就拿香港來說，多年來香港特區政府資助了多個與納米科技相關的研發項目。部分的科研成果已成功轉化為商品，例如能阻擋紫外線、自動清潔及防皺的多功能紡織 品及成衣、能殺菌的納米涂層空氣凈化系統等。

Student:I also heard that the latest nanotechnology is also adopted in the subwaysystem in Hong Kong.

教授：沒錯！香港的港鐵最早于2004 年已在車站內使用納米光催化涂料來殺菌消毒；在2006 年，更在車廂內試用納米節能照明系統。

Student:I believe that with the joint effort of the government, research institute andthe industry, nanotechnology will surely bring more excitement to our lives!