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1、TheAppleofTemptation DidyouhearabouttheChineseteenagerwhowassodesperatetoownaniPad2thathesoldoneofhiskidneystopayforit? Thistruestorymightbeshocking,butisperhapsnotsurprising.Afterall,manyteenagerstodaygrowupinasocietyawash[充斥的,泛濫的]withtechnology,aworldinwhichinnovationisking.Technologicaladvance
2、sarebeingmarketedtothemallthetimeand,withaddedpeerpressure,itishardtoresistthetemptationtorushoutandbuythelatestnotebook,MP3playerormobilephone. TheApplegeneration IninfluencingtheITpurchasingchoicesofyoungpeople,itishardtofindagreatersuccessstorythanthatofthelateSteveJobs,aground-breakinginnovat
3、orwholeftinhiswakeadevotedyoungApplegeneration.IntheUK,hisinspirational,accessible[可達到的]products,withtheirsleek[圓滑的],oftencolourfuldesigns,haveachievedhugesuccess.TheiPad,forexample,representedalmost75percentoftablet[平板電腦]salesintheUKin2011,andmorethan3.6millionpeopleinthecountrynowownone.2 Foryou
4、ngApplefans,thereisalwayssomethingnewandexcitingonoffer.Buttheprice,particularlyintheUK,canberatherhigh.Unlesstheycanthinkofaninnovativewaytoraisethefunds,mostpotentialyoungcustomersfacemonthsofsavingtheirpocketmoney.Hopefully,though,theywillchoosetokeeptheirbodypartsintact! Sowhat’sontheApplemenu
5、?Mac―forstarterstryaMacBookAirnotebookoraMacBookPro,whileforamaincoursethere’stheiMacdesktop. IPhone―thistastywaytokeepintouchcomeswithvoicecontrolforsendingmessages,settingremindersandsearchingforinformation. IPod―foralightsnacktrythetiny,clip-andgoiPodnanoMP3players.Foratraditionaldish,optforth
6、eiPodclassicwithits160GBofstorage,andfordessertenjoytheiPodtouchwhichalsoletsyousendtexts,shoothighdefinitionvideoandplaygames. IPad―feastonthe140,000ormoreappsthatcomplimentaniPad,whichcomeswithasidedishofnotonebuttwocameras! Notsurewhichdevicetosamplefirst? TrytheiCloudwhichenablesyoutolinkand
7、synchronise[同步]allyourAppledevices.2