万花筒 2011-03-04&03-05 乔布斯亮相发布iPad 2

 It's an event Apple CEO Steve Jobs says he "didn't want to miss". Jobs was back to unveil the iPad2 in a rare cooperative appearance since taking a medical leave earlier this year. 

 

This iPad is 1/3 thinner; making it's slimmer than the latest iPone and is lighter¹. It comes with two cameras to enable video chat and comes in two colors, black and white. But the upgrade is more than just cosmetic². The newest iPad will have more brain power. This one comes with a dual³ core chip for faster processing speeds. 

 

CEO Steve Jobs proudly touted⁴ the redesign. 

 

"And we've made it way thinner. Something's got to give and you would think that we would have to give up some of the iPad's legendary⁵ battery life, but our engineering team found a way. And we have the same legendary 10-hour battery life as the original iPad with all these extra stuff in it and yet dramatically thinner. "

 

And it will begin shipping⁶ in less than a month. Pricing will stay the same. But Apple no longer has the market to itself, Motorola just launched the well reviewed Xoom last week, joining others like the Samsung Galaxy⁷. And while the competition is going, so is the market. Tablet sales are expected to reach $35 billion by the end of 2012 according to estimates by JPMorgan Chase. But with the huge success of the iPad, Apple is expected to hold on to that big lead it already enjoys. 

1 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

2 cosmetic   

n.化妆品；adj.化妆用的；装门面的；装饰性的

参考例句：

• These changes are purely cosmetic.这些改变纯粹是装饰门面。
• Laughter is the best cosmetic,so grin and wear it!微笑是最好的化妆品，所以请尽情微笑吧！

3 dual   

adj.双的；二重的，二元的

参考例句：

• The people's Republic of China does not recognize dual nationality for any Chinese national.中华人民共和国不承认中国公民具有双重国籍。
• He has dual role as composer and conductor.他兼作曲家及指挥的双重身分。

4 touted   

v.兜售( tout的过去式和过去分词 )；招揽；侦查；探听赛马情报

参考例句：

• She's being touted as the next leader of the party. 她被吹捧为该党的下一任领导人。
• People said that he touted for his mother and sister. 据说，他给母亲和姐姐拉生意。 来自辞典例句

5 legendary   

adj.传奇（中）的，闻名遐迩的；n.传奇（文学）

参考例句：

• Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
• Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。

6 shipping   

n.船运（发货，运输，乘船）

参考例句：

• We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
• There's a shipping charge of ￡5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。

7 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。