Your glasses may someday replace your smartphone,and some New Yorkers are ready for the switch.Some in the city can't wait to try them on and use the maps and GPS that the futuristic eyewear is likely to include.
"I'd use it if I were hanging out with friends at 3 a.m.a(chǎn)nd going to the bar and wanted to see what was open,"said Walter Choo,40,of Fort Greene.
The smartphone-like glasses will likely come out this year and cost between 250 and 600,the Times said,possibly including a variation of augmented(增強的) reality,a technology already available on smartphones and tablets (平板電腦) that shows information onto the screen about one's surroundings.So,for example,if you were walking down a street,indicators would pop up showing you the nearest coffee shop or directions could be plotted out and come into view right on the sidewalk in front of you.
"As far as a mainstream consumer product,this just isn't something anybody needs,"said Sam Biddle,who writes for Gizmodo.com."We're accustomed to having one thing in our pocket to do all these things,"he added,"and the average consumer isn't gonna be able to afford another device (裝置) that's hundreds and hundreds of dollars."
9 to5 Google publisher Seth Weintraub,who has been reporting on the smartphone-like glasses since late last year,said he is confident that this type of wearable device will eventually be as common as smartphones.
"It's just like smartphones 10 years ago,"Weintraub said."A few people started getting emails on their phones,and people thought that was crazy.Same kind of thing.We see people bending their heads to look at their smartphones,and it's unnatural,"he said."There's gonna be improvements to that,and this a step there."
(1)One of the possible functions of the smartphone-like glasses is toCC.
A.program the opening hours of a bar
B.supply you with a picture of the future
C.provide information about your surroundings
D.update the maps and GPS in your smartphones
(2)The underlined phrase"pop up"in the third paragraph probably means"CC".
A.develop rapidly
B.get round quickly
C.a(chǎn)ppear immediately
D.go over automatically
(3)According to Sam Biddle,the smartphone-like glasses areDD.
A.necessary for teenagers
B.a(chǎn)ttractive to New Yorkers
C.a(chǎn)vailable to people worldwide
D.expensive for average consumers
(4)We can learn from the last two paragraphs that the smartphone-like glassesAA.
A.may have a potential market
B.a(chǎn)re as common as smartphones
C.a(chǎn)re popular among young adults
D.will be improved by a new technology.
【考點】社會.
【答案】C;C;D;A
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