英语翻译1.Thousandsofnewwordsareinventedeachyear.Mostofthesecomefromscience.Whenscientistsdiscoversomethingnew,iftheydonothaveawordfortheirdiscovery,theymakeoneup.Wordsareoftenmadeupbybigcompaniesfortheirnew
英语翻译
1.Thousandsofnewwordsareinventedeachyear.Mostofthesecomefromscience.Whenscientistsdiscoversomethingnew,iftheydonothaveawordfortheirdiscovery,theymakeoneup.Wordsareoftenmadeupbybigcompaniesfortheirnewproducts.Ifaproductbecomespopular,theneveryonewillknowboththeproductandthenewword.Othercompaniesquicklymakesimilarproducts,buttheycannotusesimilarwords.Itisagainstthelawtocopyotherpeople'sideasorinventions.WehavealllistenedtoaWalkman,haven'twe?Maybenot!Thecompanywhichdevelopedthisproduct,Sony,ownstheword"Walkman."Andnoothercompanycanprintitonthetapemachines.Theword"Coke"isalsoownedbyacompany.ItisthenameofasoftdrinkmadebytheCocaColacompany.Butmostpeopleusethewordgenerallyforanysoftdrink.Theword"Frisbee"isownedbyacompany,too.However,ithasbecomeageneralwordforallsimilarproducts.Thereare"Frisbees"andthereareFrisbees,butonlyonecompanymakesFrisbees.Itmaybehardforanewwordtobecomepopular,butitiseasytomakeoneup.Youcantryyourself!
2.Anewschooltermbegins,Isanythingnewatyourschool?Sichuanstudentsaregettinganextra
hourtosleepinthemorning.Thisyear,Sichuanschoolsdecidedthatstudentsshouldstartclasseslater.Thisshouldhelpthemfeellesstired,ForJuniorhighschools,thefirstclasseswilbeginnoearlierthan8:30am.Thechangeshavemadestudentshappy.LiuXian,15,saidhisclasswasexctedbythenewsonthefirstdayofschool.“It’ssogoodwecangetuplater!”saidLiu.LiustudiesinChengduNo.4MiddleSchool.Heusedtogetupat6:40am.Nowhecangetupat7:40ambecauseclassdoesn’tstartuntil8:40am.WuHongli,15,saidthenewtimetableisgoodforherhealth.“IusedtodrinkcoffeeeverynightorIwouldfeeltosleepytofinishmyhomework,”saidWu.“NowIcanfinishitwithoutcoffee.”Sheusedtogetupat6:30am.Nowshecangetupat7:30am.WuHongli’smotherwashappy,too.Shethoughtmoresleepwouldhelpherdaughtergrowtaller.Butsomeparentsworriedthatmoresleepwouldmeanlesslearning.Thereusedtobefiveclassesinthemorning.Nowthereareonlyfour.Manyteachers,though,saythechangeswillhelpstudentslearnbetter.“Studentsusedtodoze
forthefirsttwoclassesinthemorning,