万花筒 2012-06-22&06-24 微软发布全新平板电脑Surface

 Big challenge for the iPad this morning, Microsoft's trying to take a bite out of Apple，revealing a brand-new thin tablet called the Surface, probably you ding yourself, ABC's Neal Karlinsky goes inside all the hype, here is a look.

This morning, Microsoft is waking up to a word the company hasn't heard in a long time. Wow ! They call it Surface，the newest competition for the iPad and already even Microsoft's biggest doubters are calling it very cool.

It's well designed, it’s got some cool, colorful accessories. I mean, I am interested in it.

This isn't your father's Windows. It has a sleek¹ touch screen, just like the iPad, and a sleek new case with a built-in kickstand. Unlike the iPad it will run as a full computer and it has a cool foldout cover that turns into a physical keyboard.

Microsoft has not had any product to compete with the iPad which has taken over the market in the last three years. Microsoft announced a product that looks like it can go toe to toe with the iPad.

The stakes are huge in what is now an all-out tablet war between the Titans of Tech.

Google and Amazon already have their own tablets scratching at Apple's heels. But all those shiny Android tablets plus the Kindle² Fire still can't compete. The all powerful iPad sold enough last year to nearly double the competition. The iPad is simply the gold standard, built in secret entirely³ by Apple.

But Microsoft has taken a page straight from the Apple playbook this time, a top secret Hollywood launch for a device built head to toe in-house. 

It looks like they can actually do a really nice job, in terms of design and in terms of components⁴.

The question this morning is can the company that failed in its attempt to catch the iPod and underwhelmed in its chase of the iPhone, get it right this time.

The tablet wars are on and Microsoft believes its magic is back.

For Good Morning America, Neal Karlinsky , ABC News Seattle.

1 sleek   

adj.光滑的，井然有序的；v.使光滑，梳拢

参考例句：

• Women preferred sleek,shiny hair with little decoration.女士们更喜欢略加修饰的光滑闪亮型秀发。
• The horse's coat was sleek and glossy.这匹马全身润泽有光。

2 kindle   

v.点燃，着火

参考例句：

• This wood is too wet to kindle.这木柴太湿点不着。
• A small spark was enough to kindle Lily's imagination.一星光花足以点燃莉丽的全部想象力。

3 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

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。