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A 你不是早就說要買個新手機嗎？怎麼到現在還在用這個老古董啊？
nǐ bùshì zǎojiù shuō yào mǎi ge xīn shǒujī ma? zěnme dào xiànzài hái zài yòng zhège lǎogǔdǒng a?
Haven't you wanted to buy a new cell phone since early on? How come you're still using that antique?
B 我在等3G呢。一出來我就去買。
wǒ zài děng sān G ne. yī chūlai wǒ jiù qù mǎi.
I'm waiting for 3G. As soon as it comes out, I'll buy one.
A 啊喲，3G說了這麼久，到底猴年馬月才能實現啊？
āyō, sān G shuō le zhème jiǔ, dàodǐ hóuniánmǎyuè cáinéng shíxiàn a?
Agh, people have been talking about 3G for ages. You'll be waiting till the cows come home.
B 快了，快了。前幾天，中國移動已經說了，上海的3G通訊網絡預計10月底竣工。
kuài le, kuài le. qián jǐ tiān, Zhōngguó Yídòng yǐjīng shuō le, Shànghǎi de sān G tōngxùn wǎngluò yùjì shí yuè dǐ jùngōng.
It's almost here. A few days ago, China Mobile projected that Shanghai's 3G network will be completed at the end of October.
A 真的嗎？那到時候我也要換一部3G手機。不過，我還搞不清楚3G到底好在哪兒呢？
zhēn de ma? nà dào shíhou wǒ yě yào huàn yī bù sān G shǒujī. bùguò, wǒ hái gǎo bu qīngchu sān G dàodǐ hǎo zài nǎr ne?
Really? Well when it comes out, I'll switch over to a 3G cellphone. But I'm not really clear what's so great about 3G.
B 好處挺多的。大家都說它對我們的生活具有里程碑的意義。光從名字上看，3G其實就是第三代移動通信網。也就是說功能比現在的網絡要強大無數倍。比如說，全球定位、可視會議、網絡功能、手機電視、無線支付，等等。一部小小的手機，就能讓我們的生活變得更方便、更有趣。
hǎochu tǐng duō de. dàjiā dōu shuō tā duì wǒmen de shēnghuó jùyǒu lǐchéngbēi de yìyì. guāng cóng míngzi shang kàn, sān G qíshí jiùshì dì sān dài yídòng tōngxìn wǎng. yě jiùshì shuō gōngnéng bǐ xiànzài de wǎngluò yào qiángdà wúshù bèi. bǐrú shuō, quánqiú dìngwèi, kěshì huìyì, wǎngluò gōngnéng, shǒujī diànshì, wúxiàn zhīfù, děngděng. yī bù xiǎoxiǎo de shǒujī, jiù néng ràng wǒmen de shēnghuó biànde gèng fāngbiàn, gèng yǒuqù.
There are a lot of advantages. Everyone says it will be a milestone in our lives. You can see from just the name that 3G represents the third generation of mobile communications. In other words, it will have way more functionality than the current network. For example, GPS, visual conferencing, online functionality, cellphone TV, wireless payment, and such. A little cell phone can make life more convenient and fun.
A 肯定也更貴。我的錢袋子啊......
kěndìng yě gèng guì. wǒ de qiándàizi a......
It will definitely be more expensive. Agh, my wallet...
B 你這個鐵公雞，就想著省錢。告訴你，3G是大勢所趨。現在有好幾個大城市都在建設3G網絡。用不了多久，它就會成為我們通訊的主流方式，擋也擋不住。
nǐ zhège tiěgōngjī, jiù xiǎng zhe shěngqián. gàosu nǐ, sān G shì dàshìsuǒqū. xiànzài yǒu hǎo jǐ ge dà chéngshì dōu zài jiànshè sān G wǎngluò. yòng bu liǎo duō jiǔ, tā jiù huì chéngwéi wǒmen tōngxùn de zhǔliú fāngshì, dǎng yě dǎng bu zhù.
You old miser, thinking of saving money. I'm telling you, 3G is the wave of the future. Now quite a few big cities are building 3G networks. Before much longer, it will become our main means of communication. There's no holding it back.
A 那通訊質量呢？雖然有這麼多選擇，通訊質量不好也白搭。
nà tōngxùn zhìliàng ne? suīrán yǒu zhème duō xuǎnzé, tōngxùn zhìliàng bù hǎo yě báidā.
What about transmission quality? Although you have all those choices, if you have lousy transmission quality, it's all for naught.
B 這就不用你老操心了。3G的主要優勢就是能讓媒體下載和傳輸更加流暢。你可以直接在3G手機上寫字、畫圖，再傳給另一部手機或者電腦，連一秒鐘都不用。總之，它能給你帶來前所未有的體驗。
zhè jiù bù yòng nǐlǎo cāoxīn le. sān G de zhǔyào yōushì jiùshì néng ràng méitǐ xiàzài hé chuánshū gèngjiā liúchàng. nǐ kěyǐ zhíjiē zài sān G shǒujī shang xiězì, huàtú, zài chuángěi lìng yī bù shǒujī huòzhě diànnǎo, lián yī miǎo zhōng dōu bù yòng. zǒngzhī, tā néng gěi nǐ dàilái qiánsuǒwèiyǒu de tǐyàn.
You don't need to worry about that. The main benefit of 3G is that it makes downloading and transmitting media much smoother. You can write or draw pictures directly on your 3G cellphone, and then send it to another cellphone or computer. It doesn't even take a second. In sum, it will give you an experience unlike anything that's come before.
A 啊呀，這不就像007用的手機嗎？真想不到我們老百姓也有機會用上這麼先進的高科技產品。對了，它什麼時候才能普及啊？
āyā, zhè bù jiùxiàng líng líng qī yòng de shǒujī ma? zhēn xiǎng bu dào wǒmen lǎobǎixìng yě yǒu jīhuì yòng shàng zhème xiānjìn de gāo kējì chǎnpǐn. duìle, tā shénme shíhou cáinéng pǔjí a?
Whoa, isn't this like 007's cellphone? I had no idea that ordinary people like us would have an opportunity to use such a pioneering piece of high technology. Oh, right-- when will it become universally available?
B 聽我一說你也忍不住了吧，是不是恨不得現在就擺在你面前？現在全國的普及還不敢說，不過上海的目標是在2010年世博會前啟動3G通信網。而且還會讓無線寬帶網絡覆蓋全市。
tīng wǒ yī shuō nǐ yě rěn bu zhù le ba, shì bu shì hèn bu de xiànzài jiù bǎi zài nǐ miànqián? xiànzài quánguó de pǔjí hái bù gǎn shuō, bùguò Shànghǎi de mùbiāo shì zài èr líng yī líng nián Shìbóhuì qián qǐdòng sān G tōngxìnwǎng. érqiě hái huì ràng wúxiàn kuāndài wǎngluò fùgài quánshì.
Now that you've heard me talking about it you can't wait any longer, huh? You're just dying to have it in front of you, right? I can't say for sure when it will cover the entire country. But Shanghai's goal is to get the network online before the 2010 World Expo. And they'll also have wireless broadband for the entire city.
A 真是託世博會的福啊，我們能享受到這麼多實惠。
zhēn shì tuō Shìbóhuì de fú a, wǒmen néng xiǎngshòu dào zhème duō shíhuì.
It's all thanks to the World Expo that we can enjoy so many great things.
Key Vocabulary
老古董 lǎogǔdǒng old antique
猴年馬月 hóuniánmǎyuè who knows when
竣工 jùngōng completion of a building or project
里程碑 lǐchéngbēi milestone
鐵公雞 tiěgōngjī stingy person
大勢所趨 dàshìsuǒqū ultimately inevitable
白搭 báidā no use
前所未有 qiánsuǒwèiyǒu unprecedented
覆蓋 fùgài to cover
實惠 shíhuì tangible benefit
Supplementary Vocabulary
清晰度 qīngxīdù degree of clarity
擴展 kuòzhǎn expand
視頻 shìpín video frequency
接口 jiēkǒu port
頻率 pínlǜ frequency
共享 gòngxiǎng share (files)
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