广播电视英语短句 第 323 课：电子阅读器-1

The book industry is trying to get a good read on its future.
图书业试图更好地了解其未来。

These days, instead of turning paper pages, many readers reach for handheld devices. 最近，许多读者不再翻动书本，而是借助于手持设备来阅读。

These electronic readers not only store books to show on a screen, they can also read them out loud. 这些电子阅读器不仅可以储存书本，在屏幕上显示，还可以大声朗读。

This month, Amazon lowered the price of its Kindle reader by sixty dollars to just under three hundred dollars. 本月，亚马逊将其 Kindle 阅读器降价 60 美元，其价格还不到 300 美元。

The device can download books wirelessly from a store on Amazon's Web site. 该阅读器可以无线地从亚马逊官网上书店下载图书。