Section 3: At Home in the Evening

Unit 29: Using a Personal Cassette Player

使用卡式单放机(随身听)

Using a Personal Cassette Player

putting a cassette into the player
I put a cassette (a tape) into the player.
plugging the earphones into the jack
I plugged the earphones into the jack...
putting the earphones on
...and put them on.
starting the tape
Then I started the tape.
adjusting the volume, turning it up
I adjusted the volume—turned it up to make the music louder...
turning it down to make the music softer
...and turned it down to make the music softer.
taking the tape out
When I was done listening, I took the tape out...
putting the tape back in the case
...and put it back in the case.
Using a Cassette Player

For Special Attention

personal cassette player = one popular kind is the Sony Walkman — 一种流行的个人卡式单放机是索尼 Walkman(随身听)。
loud vs. soft = when you speak of music, the opposite of loud is soft — 谈论音乐时,loud(大声)的反义词是 soft(轻柔)。
volume = the loudness of a sound; a sound that has high volume is very loud — 声音的响度。音量高的声音很大。

Key Vocabulary

Verbs

单词音标中文
adjust/əˈʤʌst/调节;调整
eject/ɪˈʤɛkt/弹出;退带
fast-forward/ˌfæstˈfɔrwərd/快进
listen/ˈlɪsən/
make [made]/meɪk [meɪd]/使;让
open/ˈoʊpən/打开
pause/pɔz/暂停
play/pleɪ/播放
plug/plʌg/插入(插头)
put [put] in/pʊt [pʊt] ɪn/放入
put [put] on/pʊt [pʊt] ɔn/戴上(耳机)
rewind [rewound]/riˈwaɪnd [riˈwaʊnd]/倒带;回卷
start/stɑrt/开始
stop/stɑp/停止
take [took] out/teɪk [tʊk] aʊt/取出
turn down/tɜrn daʊn/调小(音量)
turn up/tɜrn ʌp/调大(音量)
use/juz/使用

Nouns

单词音标中文
button/ˈbʌtən/按钮
case/keɪs/盒子
cassette/kəˈsɛt/磁带;卡带
earphone(s)/ˈɪrˌfoʊn(z)/耳机
jack/ʤæk/插孔
music/ˈmjuzɪk/音乐
part/pɑrt/部分
personal player/ˈpɜrsənəl ˈpleɪɚ/个人随身播放器
plug/plʌg/插头
tape/teɪp/磁带
volume/ˈvɑljum/音量

Adjectives

单词音标中文
early/ˈɜrli/先前的;前面的
late/leɪt/较后的;后面的
loud/laʊd/大声的;响的
personal/ˈpɜrsənəl/个人的;随身的
soft/sɔft/轻柔的;小声的

Others

单词音标中文
back (adv.)/bæk/向后;回到
forward (adv.)/ˈfɔrwɚd/向前
for a short time (adverbial)/fɚ ə ʃɔrt taɪm/短暂地;一会儿