Apple has discontinuedthe iPod, 20 years after it was released.
在iPod發售后20年，蘋果停止了iPod的生產。
The US tech giant said its iconic music player has been replaced by other devices, making the iPod redundant.
這家美國科技巨頭稱，這款具有象征性意義的音樂播放器已經被其他設備所取代，讓iPod顯得冗余了。
Greg Joswiak, Apple"s senior vice-president of worldwide marketing, said: "Today, the spirit of iPod lives on.
蘋果全球營銷高級副總裁格雷格·喬斯維克表示：“今天，iPod的精神依然存在。”
"We"ve integrated an incredible music experience across all of our products, from the iPhone to the Apple Watch to HomePod mini, and across Mac, iPad, and Apple TV.
“我們已經在我們的所有產品中都加入了不可思議的音樂體驗，從iPhone到Apple Watch再到HomePod mini，以及Mac，iPad和Apple TV。
"And Apple Music delivers industry-leadingsound quality with support for spatial audio - there"s no better way to enjoy, discover, and experience music."
“有了空間音頻的支持，Apple Music（蘋果音樂）能夠提供行業領先的高音質——沒有更好的方法可以享受、發現以及體驗音樂了?！?/span>
In October 2001, Steve Jobs debuted the original iPod and it was the first MP3 player that could hold 1,000 songs and had a 10-hour battery life.
2001年10月，史蒂夫·喬布斯宣布了最初款iPod的誕生。它是第一款能夠存儲1000首歌曲并擁有10小時電池續航的MP3播放器。
"With iPod, Apple has invented a whole new category of digitalmusic player that lets you put your entire music collection in your pocket and listen to it wherever you go," he said at the time."With iPod, listening to music will never be the same again."
喬布斯在那時說：“隨著iPod的出現，蘋果開創了一種新的數字音樂播放器，能讓你把你所有的音樂收藏全部裝進口袋，去哪都能聽。有了iPod，聽音樂將始終是一種不同的體驗。”
Similar MP3 players released by Microsoft and Sony did not have the same success as the iPod.
微軟和索尼發售的類似的MP3播放器并沒有獲得和iPod一樣的成功。
Apple has released five versions of its music player - the Classic, Touch, Shuffle, Mini and Nano.
蘋果共發行了五種版本的iPod——Classic，Touch，Shuffle，Mini和Nano。
The company has been slowly killing its iPod range in recent years, with mobile phone technology enabling customers to listen to music services on their phones.
近年來，隨著移動手機技術的發展，用戶可以在他們的手機上使用音樂服務，所以蘋果一直在緩慢縮小iPod的產品線。
In 2014, the classic click wheel model was discontinued, and the Shuffle and Nano were killed off three years later.
2014年，經典按鈕輪型號停止了生產，Shuffle和Nano兩個版本也在三年后被砍掉。
The seventh-generation iPod touch was the only model still on sale today.
第七代iPod touch是目前仍然在售的唯一型號。
Without the iPod, there would never have been an iPhone or iPod, according to its inventor Tony Fadell.
如iPod的發明者托尼·法德爾所言，沒有iPod，也不會有iPhone和后續其他的iPod。
Key points：
1，discontinue /d?sk?n?t?nju?/ v.停止，中斷，停產
The Leica M2 was discontinuedin 1967.
徠卡M2型照相機于1967年停產。
2，industry-leading 行業領先的
Recruiters often prefer candidates who have worked for industry-leadingcompanies.
招聘人員往往偏愛那些曾在行業內領先企業工作過的員工。
3，digital /?d?d??t(?)l/ adj. 數字的，數碼的
The indies convert their digitalmovies to film.
獨立制片公司把他們的數字電影轉為膠片電影。
*文章摘自sky news：Apple discontinues iPod, 20 years after it was released（蘋果公司停產了發布20年的iPod）
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