YLYK 2018-085 《自帶時差的 WiFi》

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YLYK 2018-085 《自帶時差的 WiFi，了解一下？》

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??Would you like some Wi-Fi with your jetlag?

?? 你有時差綜合症，我有要 Wi-Fi ，要來點嗎？

?? jetlag / jet lag /?d?et?laɡ/: 時差反應；時差綜合症

① Air travel comes with free jetlag, delays and awful food but it does offer a brief digital detox/?di?t?ks/—a precious few hours away from the wave of emails, messages and app notifications. But not anymore.

① 航空旅行通常都會帶來免費的時差反應、航班延誤和毛骨悚然的飛機餐，但也確實會提供一段簡短的數字戒毒期——珍貴的幾小時中可以遠離如潮的郵件、信息和應用通知消息。但現在已是今時不同往日。

??digital detox /?di?t?ks/: (遠離電子設備的) 數字戒毒期

② In-flight Wi-Fi is getting faster and cheaper, and is an increasingly common offering on budget and flagship airlines alike. But how does in-flight Wi-Fi actually work?

② 飛行 Wi-Fi 正日趨快捷而廉價，也正逐步成為預算中的普通選項和旗艦航空公司的標配。但飛行 Wi-Fi 是如何實際運作的呢？

③ To simplify, there are two ways for an internet signal to reach your device when youre up in the clouds. The first is via ground-based mobile broadband towers, which send signals up to the aircrafts antennas/an?t?n?/ (on the bottom of the aircraft).

③ 簡而言之，航空旅途中網路信號有兩種方式到達你的設備。第一種方式是通過能夠向飛機底部天線發送信號的地面移動寬頻塔。

?? antenna /an?t?n?/: n. 天線；觸角；直覺

④ The second method uses satellite technology. Planes connect to satellites in space (35,000km above the planet), which send and receive signals via receivers and transmitters. Information is transmitted to and from your smartphone via an antenna on the top of the aircraft.

④ 第二種是運用衛星技術。飛機與距地球35000公里的太空衛星相連，而衛星則通過接收器和轉換器發射和接收信號。信息通過飛機頂部的天線傳輸到你的智能手機。

⑤ All of that technology is expensive. The costs are usually passed on to customers. Over half of the worlds aircraft will be equipped for in-flight Wi-Fi within the next few years. It is set to become a billion-dollar industry by 2020.

⑤ 所有類似技術都非常昂貴。通常這些成本都會轉嫁給消費者。未來數年，全球多半飛機都會配備飛行 Wi-Fi 。到2020年，這將會成為一項產值十億美元的產業。

⑥ In the near future youll need to find a better excuse than "Sorry I missed your message—I was on a plane".

⑥ 不久的將來，你便不能再借口「對不起我錯過了你的信息，我在飛機上」，而得換個更高明的理由了。

??scuba diving /?skju?b?, ?sku?b?/: (戴) 水肺潛水

??ATC: air traffic control 航空交通管制

?? ashtray /?a?tre?/: n. 煙灰缸

??tray /tre?/: n. 托盤

??tray table: 小桌板

??cockpit /?k?kp?t/: n. (飛機的) 駕駛艙；(賽車的) 駕駛座