Dec. 01, 2016 #The World Says# old tech ?? - a podcast by VOE~感谢沈农idea精英汇

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I: Hello everyone, welcome to the world says from the VOE foreign language station. This is Iris.
S:(whisper a song?)And I'm Sherlock.
I: You listen to your Walkman here again.
S: oh sorry. Well, I'll be serious. Please continue.
I: We're talking about old technology today, Sherlock. Did you use to have any old tech, you know, a Walkman, back in the1990s? Before music went digital?
S:No.I didn't have a Walkman...But I do have a record player.?????????????
I:I know you like flared trousers, but I didn't realize you were that retro. A record player, for those of you who don't know, is a box with a turntable or turning plate that you put your vinyl records on to play them.
S: And retro means going back to styles and fashions from the past. Well,I love my record player.I have a large collection of vinyl records, as well as cassette tapes that I inherited from my parents...
I: Vinyl is the plastic that records are made from. And cassette tapes came after records which are these small plastic cases with audiotape on reels inside them. Well, I don't understand your fondness for out-dated stuff, Sherlock.
S: Don't be so quick to dismiss old tech, Iris. There's been a resurgence-or new rise in record sales recently there in the UK, and in the US.
I: Some DJs have gone back to using them, and new record stores have opened to meet the demand for vinyl.
I: Really?
S: Yes, really. Infact, I have a question for you, Iris. Guess how many records were sold in the UK in 2014? Was it...A)10,000? B)100,000? Or B)1 million???????????
I: Well, I think it's B)100,000.
S: We'll find out if you're right or wrong later in the show. For me, I just think vinyl sounds nicer than digital-has a warmer quality.

??: yesterday

I: It sounds a bit technical, Sherlock! Don't you think this retro trend has more to do with nostalgia for the past?
S: Nostalgia means thinking about the past with a mixture of warm feelings and sadness. ??????????????????????????
C: Well, yes, I think people who grew up with the old technology probably are nostalgic about it.
S: Oh, Cherry, could you tell me what cassette tapes means to you?
C: They were audio love letters. They were ways in which you started to carve out your own identity so you know when I have asking people we talk about. We talk to musicians about their impressions and, you know, and their influences, and invariably it was siblings or parents. And you would raid those vinyl albums and you would self-select.
I:So you call cassette tapes audio love letters because people often compiled-or put together their own collection onto tape, and gave them to the boy or girl they liked. And it seems that this process helped create then musical and social identity.
S: Yes. I identified with The Tchaikovsky and Beethoven when I was a kid, well, it looks very old-fashioned in my peers. How about your musical identity, Cherry?
C: Well, I was in love with all the boy bands from the 1990s, such as West life, Back street Boys, TakeThat.
S: Unbelievable! I can see I need to make you some decent tapes of music from the 90s, Cherry.
C: I didn't say I still like boy bands, Sherlock. I'm not nostalgic for my lost teenage years-unlike you.
S: Old tech is everywhere. Did you know that the US nuclear weapons force still uses a computer system dating back to the 1970s with 8-inch floppy disks?
C: Floppy disks? You mean those flexible plastic computer disks used for storing data magnetically. Well, I can't believe the guys in The Pentagon are nostalgic about floppy disks.
S: Well, a Pentagon spokesman said it would be extremely expensive to update the system and it still works. They plan to do it by 2020 and save a lot of space for sure. You would need more than 130,0008-inch floppy disks to store 32GB of information.

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C: Wow! This is the equivalent of an average memory stick!
S:Yes. But there are more people out there keen on old tech. For example, the radio is a good one.
I:Yes, I always can see there still some old one use a radio listening to the broadcast everyday. In their view, it is still advanced.
S: Sounds interesting. The Walkman, VCD and DVD gradually replaced the outdated products, mobile phones and computers can now replace almost all audio and video players. But I still have a retro heart. HaHa I also love the old player, like VCD and DVD.
I: Well, How do you think a DVD rental store survives in this era of online movies streaming, Cherry?
C:They have survived because of the experience of coming into this store. Umm, It's a very human experience. It's human interaction. People come here because they want to talk to somebody who's really knowledgeable about film.
I: In other words, like-minded people together to do what they want to do, isn't it?
C: They want to have a recommendation or a conversation about the films they just watch. You know, they really want to discuss those things.
S: So it's back to the idea of human contact. We like compiling lists of music and sharing them with our friends and loved ones. Sharing a play list through itunes or Spotify isn't cluite the same, though. We like talking people about the films we watch.
I: You can always talk to me, Sherlock. Now how about giving me the answer to today's quiz question?
S: I asked:How many records were sold in the UK in 2014?Was it...a)10,000 b)100,000? 0r c)Imillion?
I:I said b)100,000.
S:And,iris,you were infact totally wrong(iris is very depressed and say:Oh.) The answer is c
S:Vinyl is booming-in 2014,sales passed 1 million albums in the UK for the first time since1996.
C:The format has been steadily increasing,thanks in part to the popularity of guitar bands,traditionally associated with records.But the vinyl record is very old and not practical products, why would some people keen on it?
S:Because the kind of empty inspiration and sense of the scene is now the CD can not be replaced. If you've ever listened to LP, you will not be able to tolerate the sharp, crude digital sound of the CD nowadays.
C:LP is a vinyl record, 33 and one-third turn, each side can be recorded about 6 songs.
S:Now let's hear words we learned today. They are:
recordplayer???
turntable??
retro???
vinyl???
casset tetapes????
resurgence??
nostalgia????
compiled??
floppydisk??

??: Moon river

C:Ok, that's the all of our today's program. At last: What obsolete technology are you keen on ? And don't forget to join us again soon.
I:???????????????Goobye~
All :Bye!


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