最想收到的圣誕禮物

1、最想收到的圣誕禮物A report by the Consumer Electronics Association says electronics are among the mostpopular gifts being bought this holiday season. It also predicts that spending on these devices will set new records.美國消費(fèi)電子協(xié)會的一份報告稱，電子產(chǎn)品是這次假日銷售最火爆的禮物之一。協(xié)會同時預(yù)測，電子產(chǎn)品 消費(fèi)支岀將創(chuàng)新高。The CEA says consumers will spend

2、an average of about two hundred thirty dollars on electronics. This is five percent more than last year and the highest level since the organization began keeping records of holiday spending.美國消費(fèi)電子協(xié)會稱，消費(fèi)者在電子產(chǎn)品上的平均花費(fèi)可能將達(dá)到230美元。這比去年高岀5%，也是自該協(xié)會開始統(tǒng)計(jì)假日消費(fèi)數(shù)據(jù)以來最高的一次。Jim Barry is a spokesman for the Consumer

3、 Electronics Association. He says the CEA studyfound that electronics represent three of the top five things on its holiday gift wish list this year.吉姆巴里(Jim Barry )是美國消費(fèi)電子協(xié)會發(fā)言人。他說，消費(fèi)電子協(xié)會的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，電子產(chǎn)品在今年 的五大 最希望收到的圣誕禮物清單”中占據(jù)了 3席。JIM BARRY: Notebook computers are at the top, followed by iPads and then e

4、-readers. IPadis a touch-screen tablet computer and thats really the big player in that category.巴里：筆記本電腦位居首位，緊隨其次分別是iPad和電子閱讀器。iPad是一種觸摸屏平板電腦，是平板電腦中的王者?！盩he computer company Apple began selling its small, touch-screen computers in April. The company reported that it had sold more than three million

5、 iPads by the end of July. Its latest earnings report shows sales of more than four million iPads during the last three months of this year.蘋果電腦公司4月份開始銷售其小型觸摸屏電腦。該公司稱，截至7月底，該公司已售出300萬部iPad公司最新的盈利報告顯示，過去三個月的銷售量超過了400萬部。People use the touch-screen computers to surf the Web, write e-mails, watch movies

6、 andread books. Since the iPads release earlier this year, several other companies have come outwith their own tablet computers just in time for Christmas.人們使用平板電腦上網(wǎng)，發(fā)電郵，看電影以及閱讀電子書。自今年年初iPad的發(fā)布，其他幾家公司也趕圣誕推出了自己的平板電腦。A report from the e-Marketer research group predicts that worldwide, tablet sales wil

7、l reachmore than eighty-one million in two thousand twelve. Still, Jim Barry says these devices arefacing tough competition this year from another Christmas favorite.一份電子營銷研究組織的報告預(yù)測，2012年全球平板電腦銷量將超過8100萬部。不過，巴里稱，今年平板電腦還面臨著其他圣誕禮物的激烈競爭。JIM BARRY: Another hot category right behind that are the e-reader

8、s. So you can read on aniPad or a touch-screen tablet, but the e-book readers are less expensive. The Kindle is themarket leader there, from Amazon. But you also have the Nook from Barnes and Noble andthe e-reader from Sony. And you have more and more of those e-readers coming into themarket as well

9、.巴里：緊隨其次的另一熱門類別是電子閱讀器。你可以使用iPad或其他平板電腦閱讀，但是電子閱讀器價格更便宜。來自亞馬遜的Kindle （一種電子閱讀器）是市場霸主，但你可也以選擇來自Barnes and Noble（一家類似國內(nèi)當(dāng)當(dāng)?shù)碾娮由虅?wù)網(wǎng)站）的 Nook （種電子閱讀器），和來自索尼公司的電子閱讀器。還 有更多的電子閱讀器投入市場?！盝im Barry says modern technology is changing the way people relate and increasing theirexpectations for their electronic devices.

10、巴里說，現(xiàn)代科技改變了人們的聯(lián)絡(luò)方式，也提升了他們對電子設(shè)備的期望。JIM BARRY: The buzz phrase in the industry is content anywhere. And its really the abilityto take your information and entertainment with you just about anywhere to stay connectedto your work and your family. And thats what all of these devices do.巴里：該行業(yè)的流行說法是信息無處不在

11、（content anywhere ） ”。它可以在任何地方帶給你信息和娛 樂，并與家人和工作保持聯(lián)絡(luò)。而這是所有這些設(shè)備的功能?！盩he Consumer Electronics Association report found that iPod music players are also in high demand this holiday season. So are video game systems and digital cameras.美國消費(fèi)電子協(xié)會的報告顯示，這個假期，iPod音樂播放器需求也很大，同時還有視頻游戲系統(tǒng)和數(shù)碼相機(jī)。But not all of the things on the holiday gift wish list involved electronics. Clothes, cars and motorcycles also made the list. So did family togetherness and good heal