【Native Speaker每日综合训练—37系列】【37-16】科技 WWDC

psychoarya

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virtual currencies are in the dilemma. After its largest exchanger was hacked, Bitcoin saw its value slashed by more than half. Although companies such as Apple did not allow APP to use cyber currencies, it now will allow such programs to use cyber currencies. Consumers may not refuse to use cyber currencies.

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3:21 warm up+time2
Apple is going to unveil its health care platform at its WWDC. Apple is going to start a APP called Healthbook. Its competitior Samsung also announces its footstep in the field of health care this year. The reasons why Apple develops health care platform are that more and more people use their smart phones to record their diet and exercise. And the customers of health care APP are more loyalty.
1:56
Apple employ its home automation system to improve customers’ experience. It is a lucrative field since Apple may be the first company to do that.
This system can also integrate with safari and iCloud.
2:07
streaming music is also a focus of Apple at WWDC. Apple’s attempt to develop itunes radio has sort of failed. And this year it’s new try is kind of an integration with Beats software and development that would happen further.
Map is also a new focus. The author is expecting biking directions.
Mac OS X 10.10 is a little bit different from its old form.
1:04
Don’t expect to see new products at WWDC. Apple may push out its new computer model, but it is impossible for them to release its TV sets at this WWDC. We shall expect to see some new executives join Apple.

[obstacle]
7:08
Cook failed his promises last year that Apple will develop new product categories. At this year’s WWDC, there are only some updates of Apple products.
Since Jobs’s death, Apple has been losing its profit margin. Cook excels at setting high expectations, but he failed again and again, from Apple Maps to iPhone 5C.
Apple is confronted with some challenges.

seraph797979

cherry6891 发表于 2014-6-9 22:15
Part II: Speed

WWDC：Worldwide Developers Conference

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TINGYI-2014

终于补完作业！
5‘05 apple is the first company step into the health app world. It is a potential world.
2'00 the company now have ib.. and have make access to control other equipment by the iPhone.
2'43 an introduce of the meeting and some products
1'10 no new machine. The beat may be a key point.
9'03 Apple used to be a company leading the change but now it has seem too quiet for a long time. Cook, the CEO after J, has under great pressure to push the company to the innovation in the past. New production? The word is expecting.

planetandlucas

Time 2: The article discusses about the relationship between Apple's future development plan and Health Initiative. (2:45)

Time 3:  Paragraphes comapared Apple's iBeacons and Home Automation with other company's. (2:01)

Time 4: The article introduces the function of two new software--- iOS 8 and Mac OS X 10.10 for developers. (1:56)

Time 5:  The article introduces that Apple wont create more new hardware this year, but may bring more new products about beats. (1:11)

Obstacle:  The artilce discusses about the development of Apple company. Through half of 2014 has passed, Apple has not issued any amazing new products.  Next, the artilce
begin to talk about the developing plan of Apple such as hardware and soft software, and furthermore intorduces that Apple is facing chanllenges from Sumung and Google.  At
last, the article introduces that Apple is stucking in a rut and makes some mistakes about products' design and technology. (9:22)

hztbb

Time 2 2:29
The WWDC is the perfect time for Apple to preview its health and fitness platform, the important part of which is the Healthbook app. This app can track a lot of person's health data. One reason for Apple to enter health space is that this area is a booming business. Health care related apps tends to retain more user than average and more and more people is using these apps.

Time 3 2:12
Apple may annouce its own payment plateform via iBeacon because more and more stores are using this system to improve customers' in store experience. It will not turn to NFC.
Apple may also introduce an automative home system, given it an advantage over its competitor Google. Apple is also expected to gain revenue from this system. The system could also integrate with other apps in future.

Time 4 1:58
Streaming music will be another focus. Maps is expected to experience significant update. The operating system OX10 is reported to have an overhual with better aesthetic looking. The name of the operating system is also an attractive topic, although it is not released yet.

Time 5 1:17
No remarkable upgrade on Iphone or Ipad will be annouced. Apple may introduce an upgrade on desktop computer line. Information about Apple TV is not likely to be mentioned.
Apple will also talk about Beats after the acquisition. The author's expectation is that Apple simply mention the Beats acqusition at beginning.

Obstacle 7:23

jesoncao

Speaker: Virtual currencies used to be thought as risky, but now the IOS support the cyber currency payment system in APP store. In addition Satellite TV provider will let its subscribers pay the monthly fees by bitcoin. 50 cent= 0.00075 bitcoin, although it will take risk to exchange the bitcoin when it go down, American people will be open to the idea, because American people have already hooked on another virtual currency called Credit Card.

Time 2: 2:05
If Apple decide to unveil the health related wearable appliances, Apple will make an APP named Healthbook like Passbook on ios7. Healthbook can help people identify and analyze their physical condition such as blood pressure, heart rate, sleep pattern and so on. Many third-party App can also plug into the healthbook. Why would the Apple get into the mobile phone health platform in the first place? The health platform in mobile phone is a booming business and more and more people are accustomed to use smart phones and pay attention to their health condition, and health and fitness apps also do a better job of retaining and attracting the customers.

Time 3: 1:56
Apple introduced iBeacons, Bluetooth transmitters, in mid 2013. This year, Apple could finally introduce its own payment system platform using iBeacons. Although many people thought of not introducing NFC but iBeacons as a failed attempt, unlike NFC, iBeacons can allow the third-party hardware producers to build in the ios controls for home automation system more easily. IBeacons and iCloud will allow Apple to easily control the disparate pieces of home automation system platform.

Time 4: 1:58
IOS 8 update: Streaming music could be another focus at WWDC. Although in 2013, Apple introduced Itunes Radio which is a kind of streaming music application, it hasn’t been successful as Apple used to hope. Because of the acquisition of Beats, the new streaming music APP will soon to be successful. Map in ios operating system should also be updated. Apple Map was introduced with the advent of IOS 6 and it had a lot of problems to be resolved.

Mac OS: Mac OS is the desktop operating system. Many people thought this time there would be a big updating of Mac OS, the theme of Mac OS will be redesigned and it will be added a lot of IOS aesthetics which will make the Mac OS and IOS, this two operating systems in Apple, more harmonious.

Time 5: 1:00
Will Apple will introduce new hardware such as IPAD, iPhone, iPod and so on at this WWDC? The answer is definitely no. This time, Apple will introduce a new model of iMac model which indicates the new evolutionary update to its desktop computer line. New Apple TV will also no be introduced.

Recently, Apple takes over the Beats Corporation, and the news of acquisition of Beats will be pervade WWDC this time.

Obstacle: 6:30
The article mainly talks about the predicament Apple now involved in. Apple failed to introduce new hardware devices at WWDC this time, Apple’s main revenue come from iPhone, 50 percent of the total revenue in March, but iPhone now is threatened by other competitors such as Samsung and other Android Mobile phone companies. In addition, the condition of next important line of Apple, iPad, is also struggling. Many skeptics thinks that Apple is losing its mojo now. Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple now, whose business style is far different from Steve Jobs, manage Apple Corporation in a relative conservative and noninnovational way. Tim Cook’s major failings: Apple Map (a lot of bugs), Siri, introduced in iPhone 4s (often failing to correctly understand queries) and iPhone 5c.

Shellylh123

warm up + time2       00'03'07
brief introduction about WWCC
what we can expect from WWCC
the healthbook                 many people use their devices, resulting in headache and other kinds of sickness

time3    00'02'03
Apple introduced iBeacons—Bluetooth LE transmitters that can send or receive data from iOS 7 devices
Home Automation is on the way             google is already working on it

time4    00'03'04
IOS8 upgrades :　itues radio    and     maps
MAC 10.0            big change              the name of the new system

time5    00‘01’30
there will be great upgrade in software
beats

time6    00'10'15
Since Cook took over the CEO of Apple, customers has not been satisfied by Apple products , such as Iphone 4s , IPHON 5c and 5S and so on,  for there was just a little
change and advance on those devices
Cook always failed to the promise  

Terry95

cherry6891 发表于 2014-6-9 22:15
Part III: Obstacle
With no 'amazing' devices due at WWDC, Apple's Tim Cook  ...

Speaker: Bit coin is becoming more popular and is likely to be accepted by US consumers.

Warmup :2:02
point:what can we expect from WWDC
HL:1.WWDC kicks off on Monday.It talks about not only the generations of Apple’s products but also debut of new products
Combining the information from both the conference and inside people,we can speculate some new products Apple will publish

time 1: 4:38
pointiscuss Apple’s Health platform
Apple will not publish a Health Passbook
It will possibly reveal a Health app
How the app works:trace users’ health conditions:heart rate...
the reason that Apple devices such an App:health market is booming recently
reason2:More and more people take care to maintain their health

time 2: 4:10
point:discuss Apple’s iBeat technology
Apple’s new platform may incoperate iBeat
Apple will not employ NFC
iBeat will give Apple more edge over Google
iBeat is lucrative
iBeat can make the control of platform easier

time 3:3:40
point:discuss other upgrades
Streaming music.  unlike Itunes Radio which is not successful
maps   more functions,the author hopes that it will include bycicle directions
Mac os and its names    from cat to CA

time 4:1:52
what hardware we may see in the show:iMac model and Apple TV but no new hardware in iPhone iPad,and Ipod we will see
Beat

Obstacle 10:28
Point:The concerns of Apple’s future
Apple’s new products are still not released
Concerns of Apple’s new products
Apple’s profits growth dropped in the recent years
Cook is not doing a job as good as Jobs
Cook insists that he will run the company his own way
Apple cannot just depend on its old decises
Unsuccessful softwares:Maps,Siri,and iPhone 5c

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robot青

time2 5:01
what will be mainpoint about WWDC.Apple will join in the health industry.The reaction of Samsung.The reason ehy apple join in the health industry.
time3 2:35
Apple will improve iBeacons and is unlikely to use NYC unless the Ibeacons fail.Apple has advantages on iBeacon. Apple's home automatic system will involve iCloud and Siri, but this event  will not happen in Monday.
time4 2:10
there will be some other focuses on Monday., such as other iOS 8 updates and the introduction of Mac OS X 10.10
time5 1:45
there will be no new hardwares at WWDC, but there will be improvements.
there will be more news about the Beats but the author thinks the public should have reasonable expectations.
obstacle 8:08
people are expecting revolutionary new products of Apple.Apple seems lose its mojo since Jobs'death.However, the competitor Google and Samsung often present new ideas.Some critics about Cook.Some anticipations about the new device.
two worries about Apple:1.the earnings on the exsiting devices are decreasing.2.although there are several improvements but they are proved to be half-successful.