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http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/03/tech/mobile/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-smartphone/index.html
＊新聞標題
Samsung unveils Galaxy S III smartphone with face, voice recognition
＊標題解說
‧ unveil：揭開，首度亮相（動詞）
‧ Galaxy：銀河系（名詞）三星手機系列名稱
‧ smartphone：智能手機（名詞）
‧ face, voice recognition：人臉語音辨識
＊內文解析
■ 三星公司已經推出了它的銀河S 三代智能手機，它希望這有助於鞏固公司作為蘋果和其iPhone 4S頭號挑戰者的地位。
Samsung has launched its Galaxy S III smartphone, which it hopes will help solidify the company as the leading challenger to Apple and its iPhone 4S.
‧ 簡化來看：
Samsung has launched X, which (it hopes 可以先不看) will help doing Y.
X=its Galaxy S III smartphone
Y=solidify the company as the leading challenger to Apple and its iPhone 4S.
‧ launch：開啓（動詞）類似 unveil
‧ solidify：鞏固地位（動詞）solidify the company as 地位
‧ leading：帶頭的（形容詞）leading challenger：頭號挑戰者
‧ leading challenger to X：針對 X的頭號挑戰者
‧ Apple and its iPhone 4S：Apple 公司和它的旗下產品 iPhone 4S
■ 三星已經超越了Nokia 成爲世界上最暢銷的行動電話製造商 同時Juniper研究機構週二報導說在被它形容為「益成為兩強爭霸賽中」，第一季度智能手機的銷量，三星也超越了蘋果 。
Samsung has overtaken Nokia as the world's best-selling mobile phone maker, and Juniper Research reported Tuesday that Samsung also overtook Apple in smartphone sales in the first quarter, in what it described as "increasingly a two-horse race."
‧ 簡化來看：
Samsung has overtaken Nokia as the world’s best-selling mobile phone
maker and Juniper Research reported Tuesday that
子句說明 Juniper Research 報告的内容 X
這内容X 是 Samsung also overtook Apple in smartphone sales in the
first quarter in (what it described as 可先不看) increasingly a two-horse race.
在第一季的智能手機銷售量三星超越Apple。
‧ what it described as：是 Juniper Research 所形容的
‧ in a two-horse race（兩強爭霸賽）：剩下最後爭奪冠軍的兩位參賽者的比賽
‧ in increasingly a two-horse race –越來越像是兩強爭霸賽
two-horse race
http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-cobuild/two-horse
If you describe a contest as a two-horse race, you mean that only two of the people or things taking part have any chance of winning
‧ increasingly：越來越是（副詞）http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/increasingly
more and more all the time
‧ overtake：趕上，超過（動詞）
Samsung overtook Apple in smartphone sales in the first quarter.
第一季智能手機銷售量三星超越Apple
‧ mobile phone maker：手機製造商（固定用法）
‧ best-selling mobile phone maker：最暢銷手機製造商
■ 三星的S語音技術 (S Voice Technology) - 相當於蘋果的SiRi –讓用戶能用一個簡單的語音命令喚醒他們的電話。
S Voice technology -- Samsung's equivalent of Apple's Siri -- enables users to wake up their phone with a simple voice command.
‧ 簡化來看：
S Voice technology enables users to wake up their phone with a simple
voice command.
‧ equivalent：對等物（名詞）
‧ a voice command：一個語音控制指令
‧ enable：賦予能力（動詞）
S Voice technology enables users to wake up their phone with a simple
voice command.
■ 語音識別更進一步 - 例如，說：「嗨！銀河...圖片」就打開手機的攝像頭應用程序， 說「cheese」就照相 。
And voice recognition goes further -- saying： "Hi Galaxy ... picture," for example, opens the phone's camera app, and saying "cheese" takes a picture.
‧ app：手機應用程式（名詞）
■ 然後面部識別軟體，認出在圖像裏 Facebook上的朋友，並提示用戶把照片分享給他們。
Face-recognition software then identifies Facebook friends within images, and prompts the user to share them.
‧ identify：認出來（動詞）
‧ prompt：提示（動詞）
■ 奧運會的贊助商 - 三星 - 透露，將會把具有行動付款功能的裝置送到倫敦2012 奧運會 。
Samsung -- a sponsor of the Olympics -- revealed it will be sending devices enabled with mobile payment technology to the 2012 games in London.
‧ 簡化來看：
Samsung revealed (that) it will be sending X to the 2012 games in London.
X=devices (that are 省略) enabled with mobile payment technology
具有行動付款功能的裝置
‧ 用 dash Dash（破折號） 用來隔開說明的文字可以先不看，
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/dash·
[countable] the mark (—) used to separate parts of a sentence, often instead
of a colon or in pairs instead of brackets/parentheses
‧ a sponsor of the Olympics：奧運會的贊助商
■ 三星公司稱，手機將在5月29日在歐洲上市，然後是在亞洲，非洲和拉丁美洲 。
Samsung said the phone will be available in Europe on May 29, followed by launches in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
‧ 簡化來看：
Samsung said the phone will be available in Europe on May 29, (which will be
省略) followed by launches in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
‧ launch：發行到市場，上市（名詞）
＊字彙整理
智能手機新一代的功能，令人興奮，三星和蘋果兩強競爭的新聞讓我們學到談論新型手機上市的用語：
揭開，首度推出：unveil （動詞）
銀河系：Galaxy（名詞）三星手機系列名稱
智能手機：smartphone（名詞）
人臉語音辨識：face, voice recognition
發行到市場，上市：launch（名詞）
奧運會的贊助商：a sponsor of the Olympics
認出來：identify（動詞）
提示：prompt（動詞）
最暢銷手機製造商：best-selling mobile phone maker
頭號挑戰者：leading challenger
兩強爭霸賽：in a two-horse race (片語)
趕上，超過：overtake（動詞）
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