参考译文
Justin: Okay, we’re ready. Let’s get on the road.
贾斯丁:好,我们准备好了,准备出发上路。
Fay: Wait! We don’t know where we’re going. We’re strangers in a strange land. Where’s our guide?
费伊:等一下,我们不知道要往哪儿走,我们不熟悉陌生的地方。我们的导游在哪儿?
Justin: We don’t need a guide. See this? It’s GPS and it’ll help us navigate to where we want to go.
贾斯丁:我们不需要导游,看见这个没?是全球定位系统,它会帮我们导航,引导我们到我们想去的地方。
Fay: I’m not sure it’s reliable. We’re in a pretty remote location.
费伊:我不确定它是否可靠。我们在一个相当偏远的地方。
Justin: Relax and let me explain how this works: GPS systems use satellites to locate your current location. Information is transmitted to this receiver, so it always knows exactly where we are. We input the address of our destination and presto! It gives us onscreen or voice directions.
贾斯汀:放松点,让我跟你解释一下这个怎么运作:全球定位系统是运用卫星确定你当前的位置,然后信息就会传到这个接收器上,所以它能够精确地知道我们在哪儿。我们只要输入目的地的地址就行, 屏幕上会显示地图或者有语音导航。
Fay: I know how a GPS system works. I’m worried that there aren’t reliable maps to where we want to go. I read that many printed maps of this region are outdated and unreliable.
费伊:我知道全球定位系统怎么运作,我是担心我们想去的地方没有可靠的地图。这个地区印刷的地图都过时了,不可信赖。
Justin: Don’t worry. This GPS is the state-of-the-art. I’m sure it’ll be accurate.
贾斯汀:不要担心,这个全球定位系统拥有最先进的技术,我敢肯定这很准确。
Fay: A fool with a tool is still a fool.
费伊:一个愚蠢的人拿着工具不懂得怎么用仍然是个笨蛋。
Justin: What did you say?
贾斯汀:你说什么?
Fay: Nothing.
费伊:没什么。
听力原文
Justin: Okay, we’re ready. Let’s get on the road.
Fay: Wait! We don’t know where we’re going. We’re strangers in a strange land. Where’s our guide?
Justin: We don’t need a guide. See this? It’s GPS and it’ll help us navigate to where we want to go.
Fay: I’m not sure it’s reliable. We’re in a pretty remote location.
Justin: Relax and let me explain how this works: GPS systems use satellites to locate your current location. Information is transmitted to this receiver, so it always knows exactly where we are. We input the address of our destination and presto! It gives us onscreen or voice directions.
Fay: I know how a GPS system works. I’m worried that there aren’t reliable maps to where we want to go. I read that many printed maps of this region are outdated and unreliable.
Justin: Don’t worry. This GPS is the state-of-the-art. I’m sure it’ll be accurate.
Fay: A fool with a tool is still a fool.
Justin: What did you say?
Fay: Nothing.