自动贩卖机进化史 2,000 Years of Vending Machines
2,000 Years of Vending Machines
#科学·科技
6/26 生活英语
作者 Enjoy Editors
阅读时间 6分钟
听讲解 听朗读
本图文出处:
https://www.ivy.com.tw/newsLetter/...30110485719026MP3:
自动贩卖机进化史 2,000 Years of Vending Machines
任何你想要的都能在自动贩卖机里找到。
目录 / Tips in Use 重点解析 / You Can Do This 英文试金石 / 中文翻译
追根究底｜本集 精彩教学影片（讲解老师：Bruce & Antony 老师）
Anything you desire can be found in vending machines.
Vending machines are not new inventions. In fact, a man named Hero of Alexandria invented the first vending machine nearly 2,000 years ago. He was a Greek inventor whose vending machine was built for a temple. People could put a coin in the machine, and then holy water would come flowing out.
Since that time, vending machines have spread around the world. In 1867, the first fully automatic vending machine was built in England. It was designed to sell postage stamps. In the early 1920s, vending machines could release soda into cups. Coca-Cola was the first drink company to start selling bottled drinks in vending machines.
Coffee vending machines were invented in 1946. By 1984, vending machines could even grind coffee beans and provide fresh, hot coffee. To this day, drinks are still one of the most popular items found in vending machines.
Vending machines continue to get more advanced. Old vending machines only accepted coins. Now, they can take bills, credit cards, or even digital payments.
单字片语整理
Words in Use
●
grind [graɪnd]
.vt. & vi. 研磨，磨碎；磨（牙）
n. 苦差事（恒为单数）；书呆子
●
invention [ɪnˋvɛnʃən]
n. 发明（不可数）；发明物（可数）
●
invent [ɪnˋvɛnt]
vt. 发明；捏造（= make up）
●
desire [dɪˋzaɪr]
n. 欲望
vt. 渴望，想要
●
automatic [͵ɔtəˋmætɪk]
a. 自动的
●
holy [ˋholɪ]
a. 神圣的
●
inventor [ɪnˋvɛntɚ]
n. 发明家
●
advanced [ədˋvænst]
a. 先进的；进阶的；年高的
Practical Phrases
●
credit card 信用卡
●
a vending machine 贩卖机
●
holy water 圣水
●
postage stamp 邮票
Henry stuck a postage stamp on the envelope.
亨利在信封上贴了一枚邮票。
●
a digital payment 数位支付
Tips in Use 重点解析
♦ 关系代名词所有格 whose
本文第一段中的 “whose vending machine was built for a temple” 为关系代名词所有格 whose 引导的形容词子句， 修饰先行词 inventor。
whose 作关系代名词所有格时，须遵守下列原则:
a. whose 之前要有先行词(可为人、动物或事物);
b. whose 后面的名词要作形容词子句中的主词或受词。
例：The little boy whose bike was stolen cried for most of the morning.
那个脚踏车被偷的小男孩哭了快一个早上。
例：I once had a dog whose name was Peggy.
我曾养过一只名叫佩姬的小狗。
例：Larry recently bought a car, whose color I don’t like.
赖瑞最近买了一台车，它的颜色我不喜欢。
You Can Do This 英文试金石
请从下栏选出最适合的句子来完成该句
__❶ Justin has long desired to
__❷ The telephone was invented
__❸ When you walk in front of the automatic doors,
A. by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876.
B. they open up automatically.
C. you should raise your hands.
D. set up a company of his own.
答案：1. D 2. A 3. B
中文翻译
任何你想要的都能在自动贩卖机里找到。
自动贩卖机并不是新发明。事实上，一位名叫「亚历山大港的海 龙」的男人在将近两千年前发明了第一台自动贩卖机。他是一名希腊 发明家，他的自动贩卖机是为一座神殿建造的。人们可以投一枚硬币 到机器里，然后圣水就会流出来。
从那时起，自动贩卖机开始遍布世界各地。1867 年，第一台全 自动贩卖机在英国被打造出来。它被设计来贩售邮票。在 1920 年代 早期，自动贩卖机可以将汽水倒进杯子里。可口可乐是第一间开始在 自动贩卖机内卖瓶装饮料的饮料公司。
咖啡自动贩卖机在 1946 年被发明出来。到了 1984 年，自动贩 卖机甚至可以磨咖啡豆并提供现煮的热咖啡。时至今日，饮料依然是 自动贩卖机里最受欢迎的品项之一。
自动贩卖机持续变得更加先进。以前的自动贩卖机只接受硬币。 现在，它们可以接受纸钞、信用卡，或甚至数位支付。
[此文章售价 1 雅币已有 0 人购买]
若发现会员采用欺骗的方法获取财富,请立刻举报,我们会对会员处以2-N倍的罚金,严重者封掉ID!
