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March 21 is the next Apple event. Things kick off at 10am local time at Apple headquarters in Cupertino. The Town Hall auditorium at Infinite Loop is a tiny venue compared to the last event in September 2015, which was at the giant Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.
苹果将于3月21日召开新的发布会。该发布会将于当地时间上午十点在位于加州库比蒂诺的苹果总部正式开始。和去年在比尔·格雷厄姆大市政礼堂举行的秋季发布会相比，今年在Infinite loop市政厅举行的发布会的场地规模就要小多了。
The BGCA holds thousands of people, and the Town Hall holds only about 300. Previously, Apple has also used the auditorium at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, which holds around 750 people.
比尔·格雷厄姆市政礼堂可以容纳上千人，但这回的市政厅只能容纳300余人。而在此之前，苹果还曾用过旧金山的芳草地艺术中心，该场地大概能容纳750人左右。
So what should we expect from this intimate gathering? Well, it's spring, and going by Apple's traditional product launch cycle, that means we should see new iPads. There will also likely be updates to the Apple Watch, and some new software and services for iOS and OS X.
在这场小范围的亲密聚会中，会有什么值得我们期待的呢？现在是春季，根据苹果以往发布产品的顺序，这意味着我们可以看到新的ipad。这次还可能更新Apple watch，以及新的iOS和OS X操作系统。
The invitation says, "Let us loop you in." Just a play on Infinite Loop? Probably. We'll tell you on the 21st.
本次邀请函上这样写着："Let us loop you in"。难道这主题语仅仅是说在"Infinite Loop"的一场演出？当然有这个可能。我们将在21号揭开谜底。
The most enticing rumored announcement: a new iPhone with a 4-inch screen to replace the more-than-two-year-old iPhone 5s in Apple's phone line-up.
关于这场发布会最吸引人的传言就是：苹果将会发布4英尺屏幕的新iPhone，替代苹果产品系列中已经上市两年多的iPhone 5s。
Think of it as a modern phone squeezed into the 5s's body. Smaller battery, older design, but TouchID, Apple Pay, and the processing muscle to run this year's apps. The price is also expected to be low; between $400 and $500.
想一想，把当下手机的一切塞到iPhone 5s小小的身体里。小电池，老设计，但是有Touch Id，Apple Pay，以及运行今年app所需要的程序。据称该款手机价钱也很低，大概在400美元到500美元之间。
It's important to note that such an announcement would be out of step with Apple's usual phone release cadence. Ever since the arrival of the iPhone 4S in 2011, new Apple handsets are announced in the fall, and only in the fall.
有一点非常重要，那就是本次发布会将改变苹果发布会的原有节奏。自从2011年，苹果发布了iPhone 4s以后，新的苹果设备总会在秋季发布，而且仅仅在秋季发布。
And there will still be an entirely new iPhone this fall. So while this low-cost iPhone should make waves worldwide as an attractive entry-level option, be on the lookout for the iPhone 7 later this year.
据悉，今年秋季会有一款全新的苹果手机发布。所以，这款低价苹果作为入门机型，应该会在世界范围内受到欢迎，而且也可以为今年稍晚发布的iPhone 7打个前哨。
