双语趣听精彩世界 第63期:三星手机放在枕头下充电烧焦

 　　雅虎新闻的一篇报道说,美国13岁女孩把正在充电的手机放在了枕头下面,熟睡中闻到了烧焦的味道.

　　三星手机 充电燃烧

　　Yahoo.com: Charging our devices as we sleep feels like a harmless routine. For one young Samsung smartphone owner, however, that habit almost turned heated.

　　Last week, a 13-year-old North Texas girl plugged her Samsung Galaxy¹ S4 in for its nightly juice-up before hitting the sack, only to be awoken by the smell of something burning hours later.

　　When she got up and searched around for the source of the stench, she realized that she had wedged her charging phone under her pillow.

　　And not only was the backside of the pillow scorched², but the phone was fried into an unrecognizable slab³ of plastic and melted components⁴. The event left the family a bit surprised.

　　The girl's father said they have a reasonable expectation that the products they buy are going to be safe. He told local media that he suspects the phone overheated, causing the battery to swell⁵ and start a fire.

1 galaxy   

n.星系；银河系；一群(杰出或著名的人物)

参考例句：

• The earth is one of the planets in the Galaxy.地球是银河系中的星球之一。
• The company has a galaxy of talent.该公司拥有一批优秀的人才。

2 scorched   

烧焦，烤焦( scorch的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（植物）枯萎，把…晒枯； 高速行驶； 枯焦

参考例句：

• I scorched my dress when I was ironing it. 我把自己的连衣裙熨焦了。
• The hot iron scorched the tablecloth. 热熨斗把桌布烫焦了。

3 slab   

n.平板，厚的切片；v.切成厚板，以平板盖上

参考例句：

• This heavy slab of oak now stood between the bomb and Hitler.这时笨重的橡木厚板就横在炸弹和希特勒之间了。
• The monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab.这座纪念碑由两根垂直的柱体构成，它们共同支撑着一块平板。

4 components   

（机器、设备等的）构成要素，零件，成分； 成分( component的名词复数 )； [物理化学]组分； [数学]分量； （混合物的）组成部分

参考例句：

• the components of a machine 机器部件
• Our chemistry teacher often reduces a compound to its components in lab. 在实验室中化学老师常把化合物分解为各种成分。

5 swell   

vi.膨胀，肿胀；增长，增强

参考例句：

• The waves had taken on a deep swell.海浪汹涌。
• His injured wrist began to swell.他那受伤的手腕开始肿了。