英語六級聽力練習之隧道與廣播

　　隧道與廣播

　　How come we can hear FM longer in a tunnel than AM?

　　為什么在隧道中調頻廣播比調幅廣播的信號要好一點?

　　Its because FM stations transmit at higher frequencies. They generally go from eighty-eight to one-hundred-and-eight megahertz. Thats over a hundred million cycles per second.

　　這是因為調頻廣播臺的傳播頻率要頻繁些。通常在88到108兆赫。即每秒轉1億圈。

　　As a result, a single radio wave from an FM station is only a few meters long, about the size of a car. An AM station is putting out radio waves that are hundreds of times as long!

　　因此，調頻廣播電臺發出的一個電波的長度只有幾米，大概是一輛車的大小。而調幅廣播站發出的電波長達幾百米。

　　Long wavelengths tend to be absorbed or blocked as they try to enter the smaller tunnel. The higher-energy and shorter-wavelength waves from an FM station arent absorbed or blocked as much. Instead, they tend to bounce around and get reflected off of surfaces, much like the inside of a tunnel.

　　在穿越隧道時，長的波長會被吞并阻礙。而來自調頻廣播高能量，波長又短的電波則不會被吞并或阻礙。相反的，它們會被隧道表面反射回來。

　　Of course, they only bounce so far. If the tunnel is long enough, even FM stations fade out until you come out the other end.

　　當然，它們只會在某個區域內反彈。如果隧道太長的話，即使是調頻廣播也會逐漸變弱直到駛出隧道。

　　隧道與廣播

　　How come we can hear FM longer in a tunnel than AM?

　　為什么在隧道中調頻廣播比調幅廣播的信號要好一點?

　　Its because FM stations transmit at higher frequencies. They generally go from eighty-eight to one-hundred-and-eight megahertz. Thats over a hundred million cycles per second.

　　這是因為調頻廣播臺的傳播頻率要頻繁些。通常在88到108兆赫。即每秒轉1億圈。

　　As a result, a single radio wave from an FM station is only a few meters long, about the size of a car. An AM station is putting out radio waves that are hundreds of times as long!

　　因此，調頻廣播電臺發出的一個電波的長度只有幾米，大概是一輛車的大小。而調幅廣播站發出的電波長達幾百米。

　　Long wavelengths tend to be absorbed or blocked as they try to enter the smaller tunnel. The higher-energy and shorter-wavelength waves from an FM station arent absorbed or blocked as much. Instead, they tend to bounce around and get reflected off of surfaces, much like the inside of a tunnel.

　　在穿越隧道時，長的波長會被吞并阻礙。而來自調頻廣播高能量，波長又短的電波則不會被吞并或阻礙。相反的，它們會被隧道表面反射回來。

　　Of course, they only bounce so far. If the tunnel is long enough, even FM stations fade out until you come out the other end.

　　當然，它們只會在某個區域內反彈。如果隧道太長的話，即使是調頻廣播也會逐漸變弱直到駛出隧道。