英语沙龙：会讲故事的玩具

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Don’t have time to read your preschooler a book before bedtime？Smart Alex can fill in．With the power of your Windows PC at its disposal，Smart Alex is a lot more intelligent than your average electronic toy．It reads stories，plays games，and recognizes 30,000 words preschoolers say in response to its questions――all by communicating wirelessly（as far as 200 feet away）with a base statin plugged into your PC．Price：＄100．

会讲故事的玩具

没时间在睡觉之前给你的孩子讲故事吗？现在机灵鬼Alex可以帮你这个忙。在你的视窗电脑功能的帮助下，机灵鬼Alex比一般的电动玩具要聪明得多，它会讲故事、玩游戏，还能听懂孩子们在回答它的问题时会用到的约３万个单词。这一切都是通过接插在你的计算机上的一无线发射基座（通信范围约200英尺）来完成的。该产品的售价为100美元。