Host: Entertainment is going digital. Music 2)succumbed first and fastest. Movies are now 3)rippable and downloadable to watch anytime, anywhere. And, after much 4)resistance, the 5)stubborn paper book is finally beginning to give itself over to the digital revolution. Last year 5% of the books bought in the US and UK were digital ones, a combination of audio books and e-books. Now that’s obviously small, but it is growing. Now libraries are beginning to offer so-called e-lending, something which started in the US and has made its way across the Atlantic. Now around a quarter of British libraries offer digital book 6)loans.
主持人:娱乐业正走向电子化。音乐是最先也是最快屈服的。如今电影可以在任何时间任何地点被拷贝和下载来看。而顽固的纸质图书,在作了长期的反抗之后,终于开始改变自己,参与到了电子图书的革命中来。去年,美国和英国售出的图书当中,有百分之五是电子书,包括有声书和电子阅读器。目前看来它显然只占很小的份额,但是却在增长中。现在,图书馆开始推出所谓的电子借阅方式,这种方式起源于美国,并且向大西洋沿岸国家席卷而来。如今英国有大约四分之一的图书馆提供电子书的借阅服务。
Fiona Marriott (Luton Library): We’ve noticed that, with e-books, we’re getting a new kind of customer in: people who felt that they were too busy to use the library before, or, for example, people who commuted into London every day who were too busy to come in in the evening or too tired, and I have at least two blind customers who are downloading their own audio books now. And they say that’s given them freedom, so that they can actually make their own choice without having to come to the library with a guide.
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