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“时光胶囊”英语怎么说

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  名词解释:时间胶囊指将现代发明创造的有代表性意义的物品装入容器内,密封后深埋地下,并设置一个在未来能够打开“时间胶囊”的时间。你知道怎么用英语表达吗?

  In 1983, at the close of the International Design Conference in Aspen, Steve Jobs buried atime capsule with his friends.

  Many attendees contributed various items, like a Rubik's cube, and even a Moody Blues recording.

  But because the late Apple co-founder donated the Lisa mouse he'd used during his presentation at the conference, it has become known as the "Steve Jobs Time Capsule."

  During that speech, Jobs seems to have predicted a slew of future technologies, including the iPad, wireless networking, and even Apple's App Store.

  1983年,在阿斯彭国际设计大会的闭幕之际,史蒂芬•乔布斯和他的好友一同埋下了一枚时光胶囊。

  众多与会者捐赠了诸如魔方,Moody Blues乐队唱片等行行色色的物品。

  不过因为这位苹果公司的已故联合创办人捐赠了他在开会演讲时使用的丽莎鼠标,这个时光胶囊也随之以“乔布斯时光胶囊”而闻名于世。

  当年乔布斯在这个会议上就曾预言过许多未来科技产品,包括iPad、无线网络,甚至还有苹果应用商店。

  【讲解】

  文中的“time capsule”就是“时光胶囊”的意思,即把代表人类知识和成就的物品埋入地下,用来向不确定的未来发送某种信息。

  其中,capsule在此处解释为“胶囊”,如take a capsule(服一粒胶囊)。capsule还有“太空舱”之意,如space capsule(太空舱),recover a capsule(回收太空舱)等。

  此外,文中的co-founder译为“联合创办人”,co-是前缀,表示“联合;伴同”之意,又如co-author(书等的)合著者,co-development 协同开发等。

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