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@ 50591 假冒iPhone
A 你猜我買到了什麼？是你最想要又得不到的東西。
nǐ cāi wǒ mǎidào le shénme? shì nǐ zuì xiǎng yào yòu débudào de dōngxi.
Can you guess what I bought? It's something you want and can't get your hands on.
B iPhone，不會吧！你從哪兒弄來的？國內離上市還早著呢！
bùhuì ba! nǐ cóng nǎr nòng lái de? guónèi lí shàngshì hái zǎo zhe ne!
An iPhone? No way! Where did you get it? It won't come on the domestic market for a long time!
A 網上買的。為了這個寶貝，我可是一晚上沒睡好，跟世界各地的買家競價。終於功夫不負有心人啊！
wǎngshàng mǎi de. wèile zhège bǎobèi, wǒ kěshì yī wǎnshang méi shuìhǎo, gēn shìjiè gèdì de mǎijiā jìngjià. zhōngyú gōngfu bùfù yǒuxīnrén a!
I got it online. For this baby, I didn't sleep all night long. I checked prices all around the world. In the end, my hard work paid off.
B 瞧把你美的。拿到貨了嗎？
qiáo bǎ nǐ měi de. nádào huò le ma?
Looks like you won out. Has it been delivered yet?
A 拿到了，不過還沒捨得用。
nádào le, bùguò hái méi shěde yòng.
I got it, but I can't bring myself to use it yet.
B 你確定是真的iPhone嗎？
nǐ quèdìng shì zhēndeiPhonema?
Are you sure it's a real iPhone?
A 應該沒問題吧。我可是下了血本的。我看做工和材質也還不錯，應該假不了。
yīnggāi méiwèntí ba. wǒ kěshì xià le xuèběn de. wǒ kàn zuògōng hé cáizhì yě hái bùcuò, yīnggāi jiǎbuliǎo.
Should be OK, I think. I really spent my hard-earned money on it. Looks like the workmanship and materials are good, so it should be the real deal.
B 光看那些有什麼用，最主要的是功能。你不會連iPhone有哪些功能都不知道吧？
guāng kàn nàxiē yǒu shénme yòng, zuì zhǔyào de shì gōngnéng. nǐ bùhuì liániPhoneyǒu nǎxiē gōngnéng dōu bù zhīdào ba?
What good is it to look just at that stuff? The most important thing is functionality. There's no way you don't know what functions the iPhone has, is there?
A 能打電話、聽MP3、上網，反正我需要的一樣都不缺。怎麼？看你這表情，有問題嗎？
néng dǎ diànhuà, tīngMPsān, shàngwǎng, fǎnzhèng wǒ xūyào de yīyàng dōu bù quē. zěnme? kàn nǐ zhè biǎoqíng, yǒu wèntí ma?
You can make phone calls, listen to MP3s, go online. Anyway, it has everything I need. Huh? By the look on your face, it looks like there's something wrong.
B 你還是先了解了它的功能再問我吧。iPhone有三個核心功能，就是優秀的手機、最好的iPod，還有手機所能提供的最好的網絡功能。先說iPod，雖然和iPod相似，但是它有更強大的音頻、視頻和照片管理功能。容量也特別大，一款是4G，還有一款是8G。你也知道iPod和一般的MP3是兩碼事，你的手機不會只能聽音樂吧？
nǐ háishi xiān liǎojiě le tā de gōngnéng zài wèn wǒ ba. iPhoneyǒu sān ge héxīn gōngnéng, jiùshì yōuxiù de shǒujī, zuì hǎo deiPod, háiyǒu shǒujī suǒ néng tígōng de zuì hǎo de wǎngluò gōngnéng. xiān shuōiPod, suīrán héiPodxiāngsì, dànshì tā yǒu gèng qiángdà de yīnpín, shìpín hé zhàopiàn guǎnlǐ gōngnéng. róngliàng yě tèbié dà, yī kuǎn shì sìG, háiyǒu yī kuǎn shì bāG. nǐ yě zhīdàoiPodhé yībān deMPsān shì liǎngmǎshì, nǐ de shǒujī bùhuì zhǐnéng tīng yīnyuè ba?
Before you ask me, you should understand the functions. The iPhone has three core functions: it's an excellent cell phone, the best iPod, and the best online functionality that a mobile phone can provide. Let's talk about the iPod first. Although it looks a lot like the iPod, it has even better sound, video and photo management functions. It has a really big capacity-- there's an 4G model, and an 8G model. You know that the iPod is really different from a normal MP3 player. Is it possible that your phone can only play music?
A 我還沒來得及研究呢。光顧著欣賞它的外形了。不過說真的，蘋果的產品就是養眼，線條流暢，太有設計感了。
wǒ hái méi láidejí yánjiū ne. guāng gù zhe xīnshǎng tā de wàixíng le. bùguò shuōzhēnde, Píngguǒ de chǎnpǐn jiùshì yǎngyǎn, xiàntiáo liúchàng, tài yǒu shèjì gǎn le.
I haven't had time yet to check it out thoroughly. I've just been admiring the way it looks. But to tell you the truth, Apple products are very pleasing to the eye, with flowing lines and a real sense of design.
B 要我說，iPhone的外表是其次，它的設計挺令我心動的。比如超大的滑動屏幕，輕輕一滑就能解鎖，這可是手機中的創舉。還有屏幕拖拽的操作方式，使用起來非常方便、快捷。
yào wǒ shuō, iPhonede wàibiǎo shì qícì, tā de shèjì tǐng lǐng wǒ xīndòng de. bǐrú chāodà de huádòng píngmù, qīngqīng yī huá jiù néng jiěsuǒ, zhè kě shì shǒujī zhōng de chuàngjǔ. háiyǒu píngmù tuōyè de cāozuò fāngshì, shǐyòng qǐlai fēicháng fāngbiàn, kuàijié.
If you ask me, the iPhone's appearance is not that big a deal. Its design is what really gets me excited. For example, it has a really big smooth screen. With a light touch you can unlock it. It's really a pioneer among cell phones. And then there's the ``pull" operating function on the screen. It's really nimble and easy-to-use.
A 是嗎？我的iPhone好像沒有這些功能。糟了，你越說我越覺得不對勁兒了。還有什麼功能？你快說吧，別怕打擊我。我要找那個騙子算賬去。
shì ma? wǒ deiPhonehǎoxiàng méiyǒu zhèxiē gōngnéng. zāo le, nǐ yuè shuō wǒ yuè juéde bù duìjìnr le. hái yǒu shénme gōngnéng? nǐ kuài shuō ba, bié pà dǎjī wǒ. wǒ yào zhǎo nàge piànzi suànzhàng qù.
Really? Looks like my iPhone doesn't have those functions. Damn, the more we talk about it, the more I think something's fishy. Are there any other functions? Tell me right away- don't worry about hurting me. I'm going to find that scammer and settle the score.
B 算了吧。吃一塹長一智，你就當交學費。下次先把產品瞭解透了再花錢也不遲。其實我覺得iPhone最值得一提的還是在細節上下的功夫。當你拿手機的方向變換時，屏幕顯示也會自動調整。
suàn le ba. chīyīqiàn zhǎngyīzhì, nǐ jiù dàng jiāo xuéfèi. xiàcì xiān bǎ chǎnpǐn liǎojiě tòu le zài huāqián yě bù chí. qíshí wǒ juédeiPhonezuì zhídeyītí de háishi zài xìjié shàng xià de gōngfu. dāng nǐ ná shǒujī de fāngxiàng biànhuàn shí, píngmù xiǎnshì yě huì zìdòng tiáozhěng.
Forget it. Live and learn. Consider this a lesson. Next time, make sure you completely understand the product before you buy it. Actually, I think the most impressive things about the iPhone are the little details. When you move the phone around, the screen automatically adjusts the display according to the direction.
A 這麼人性化的設計別人怎麼沒想到呢？
zhème rénxìnghuà de shèjì biérén zěnme méi xiǎngdào ne?
How is it that no one else ever thought of such a user-friendly design?
B 你當其他廠家都是傻瓜啊？好點子誰會想不到，關鍵是有沒有人捨得買。現在的消費者都精得很，羊毛出在羊身上的道理誰都懂。iPhone的價格相對一般手機來說，簡直就是天價，這種奢侈品有幾個平民百姓會去買？
nǐ dàng qítā chǎngjiā dōu shì shǎguā a? hǎo diǎnzi shéi huì xiǎngbudào, guānjiàn shì yǒuméiyǒu rén shěde mǎi. xiànzài de xiāofèizhě dōu jīng de hěn, yángmáo chū zài yáng shēnshang de dàolǐ shéi dōu dǒng. iPhonede jiàgé xiāngduì yībān shǒujī láishuō, jiǎnzhí jiùshì tiānjià, zhèzhǒng shēchǐpǐn yǒu jǐge píngmín bǎixìng huì qù mǎi?
Do you think the other companies are idiots? Anyone can think of this stuff, but the main thing is that no one was willing to buy. Consumers these days are really clever. They understand that there is no free lunch. Compared with other cell phones, the iPhone is astronomically expensive. How many normal folks would really go buy such an extravagant product?
A 是有點不實際，我付錢的時候也有點後悔了。虧大了，我買的還是個假貨。哼，都怪蘋果公司推廣不到位，打假不到位，害我花了冤枉錢。
shì yǒudiǎn bù shíjì, wǒ fùqián de shíhou yě yǒudiǎn hòuhuǐ le. kuīdà le, wǒ mǎi de háishi ge jiǎhuò. hēng, dōu guài Píngguǒ gōngsī tuīguǎng bù dàowèi, dǎjiǎ bù dàowèi, hài wǒ huā le yuānwang qián.
It is a little bit impractical. I felt a little regret when I was buying it. I took a bath on this one. And I bought a fake. Agh, I blame Apple for not promoting their products well, and for not cracking down on piracy. I ended up wasting money.
B 那是你眼力不好，怪不得人家。
nà shì nǐ yǎnlì bù hǎo, guàibude rénjiā.
That's because your judgment is no good. You can't go blaming others.
Key Vocabulary
競價 jìngjià competition on price
功夫不負有心人 gōngfu bùfù yǒuxīnrén time does not thwart the determined
下血本 xià xuèběn to spend a large sum of money
兩碼事 liǎngmǎshì two completely separate things
養眼 yǎngyǎn a feast for the eyes
拖拽 tuōyè to drag out
吃一塹長一智 chīyīqiàn zhǎngyīzhì to learn from mistakes
值得一提 zhídeyītí to be worth mentioning
創舉 chuàngjǔ pioneering work
羊毛出在羊身上 yángmáo chū zài yáng shēnshang you have to pay for quality
推廣 tuīguǎng to promote
到位 dàowèi meeting the desired goal
打假 dǎjiǎ to crack down on counterfeit goods
Supplementary Vocabulary
造假 zàojiǎ to fabricate
辨識 biànshí to identify
防偽 fángwěi to guard
得意揚揚 déyìyángyáng to be overcome with joy
垂頭喪氣 chuítóusàngqì dejected
好了傷疤忘了疼 hǎole shāngbā wàngle téng with time, one easily forgets previous follies
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