【生词预览】

decipher解读，technicals技术术语

【笑话原文】

CD Player

While shopping for my first CD player, I was able to decipher most of the technicalses on the promotional signs. One designation had me puzzled, though, so I called over a salesperson and asked,“ What does 'hybrid pulse D/A converter' mean?“

“That means,” she said, “that this machine will read the digital information that is encoded on CDs and convert it into an audio signal - that is, into music.”

In other words this CD player plays CDs.

Exactly.

【中文译文】

CD唱机

在购买我的第一部CD唱机时，我能够解读推销标记上面的大多数技术语言。但是有一个标示却让我颇为迷惑，于是我叫过销售商，问道：“‘混合脉冲D/A变换器’是什么意思？”

“它的意思是，”她说，“这个机器能够读CD碟上加码的数字信息，将它转换成声音信息－也就是说，转换成音乐。”

换句话说，这个CD唱机能够播放CD碟。
正是如此。

【词汇讲解】

1.decipher解读／破译。Researchers are gradually deciphering the genetic structure found in the cells of organisms.研究者正渐渐破译存于有机体细胞内的基因结构。

2.puzzled困惑的。Everyone was a bit puzzled by her sudden departure.
每个人都对她的突然离开有点儿困惑不解。

3.call over把…叫过来。 The teacher saw her standing there and called her over.老师看见她站在那里, 就把她叫了过来。也有“点(名)”的意思：The teacher calls over the names of his students every day.老师每天给学生点名。

4.converter转换器。也可以指“变频器”、“整流器／变流器”。

5.encode把…译成电码。“编制成计算机语言”：We should encode the message for security reasons.为了确保安全，我们应该对信息进行编码。

6.signal信息，信号。Signals are made with flags or lamps.用旗或凳传递信号。