新闻英语精解【56】韩国推出驱蚊手机

Noise from phone can chase mosquitoes

【参考译文】韩国推出手机驱蚊服务

【讲解】chase，To put to flight, drive.使逃离、驱逐：chased the dog away.把狗赶走。

mosquito，蚊子。mosquito net是蚊帐，英式英语里指蚊式轰炸机。另外习惯用语knee-high to a mosquito常用于口语，意思是极幼小的、极渺小的。

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's largest mobile phone operator said Thursday that it will offer cell phone users a new noise service that it says will repel mosquitoes.

【参考译文】汉城，韩国（联合通讯社）－韩国最大的手机运营商上周四宣布，他们将向手机用户推出一项可以驱赶蚊虫的手机铃声新服务。

【讲解】mobile phone和offer cell都可以用来指手机。

repel，To ward off or keep away、drive back: 击退或赶回、驱除：Repel insects.驱除昆虫。repel an attack [the assailants]，击退进攻[进攻者]；To cause aversion or distaste in:使厌恶；使反感，Her rudeness repels everyone.她的粗鲁使每个人都很反感。在物理学上意思是反拨, 排斥, 弹回。A plastic coating repels moisture.塑料涂层能防潮。Water repels oil.油水不相溶。

SK Telecom said subscribers can pay 3,000 won (US$2.50) to download a sound wave that is inaudible to human ears but annoys mosquitoes within a range of three feet. Customers can then play the sound by hitting a few buttons on their mobile phones.

【参考译文】韩国鲜京电信(SK)表示定制用户可以花费3000韩元(合2.54美元)下载一种声波，这种声波人耳察觉不到，但可以在3英尺范围内驱赶蚊虫。用户只需按几个手机用键便可以播放这种驱蚊声波。

【讲解】subscriber指people contract to receive and pay for a certain number of issues of a publication, for tickets to a series of events or performances, or for a utility service, for example.订阅，订购人。enroll subscribers (=introduce subscribers, win subscribers)介绍订户, 征求订户。a telephone subscriber。电话用户。

download，To transfer data or programs to a peripheral computer or device. 传送，下载。

inaudible，Impossible to hear:听不见的。an inaudible conversation.听不到的谈话。

The company claimed that the service worked during tests.

【参考译文】鲜京公司表示此项服务在测试过程中效果良好。

The service, which begins Monday, has one drawback: it consumes as much battery power as normal cell phone rings. SK Telecom has 17 million subscribers and controls a little over 50% of the domestic market.

【参考译文】这项驱蚊声波服务于上周一推出，但这项服务的缺点在于它需要相当于普通手机播放铃声的能耗量。韩国鲜京电信目前以拥有1700万用户，占据了一半以上的国内市场。

【讲解】drawback，A disadvantage or inconvenience. 劣势或不便之处；A refund or remittance, such as a discount on duties or taxes for goods destined for reexport.退款，钱款收取以后归还，如再出口的进口产品退税。excise drawback，消费税退税。the great drawback to living on a main road is the constant noise.住在大道上的最大缺点就是噪声不断。