VOA慢速英語:雖然印尼智能手機的使用數量激增，但仍然滯后（雙語）

Indonesian Smartphone Usage Surges but Still Lags

雖然印尼智能手機使用數量激增，但仍然滯后

From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report.

這里是美國之音慢速英語科技報道。

A new study finds Indonesians are increasingly exchanging their older mobile phones for smartphone, a device that combines a phone and a computer. The Nielsen Survey company talked to 1,900 people last year in some of Indonesia's largest cities, including Medan, Bandung, Surabaya and Makasar.

一項新的研究發(fā)現，越來越多的印尼人將他們的舊手機換成智能手機。智能手機是一種結合了手機和電腦的設備。去年，尼爾森調查公司對一些特大城市里的1900人進行了采訪，這些城市包括棉蘭，萬隆，蘇臘巴亞和望加錫。

Anil Anthony is the Consumer Insight executive director of Nielsen Indonesia. He says the survey shows smartphone ownership has increased by 5 percent in the country since 2012. He says about one quarter of Indonesians use a smartphone. But he says that is very low compare to smartphone use in other developing countries in Asia, however he says it is more than both India and the Philippines.

阿尼爾·安東尼是印尼尼爾森公司消費者洞察的執(zhí)行理事，他稱這項調查表明該國自從2012年開始，智能手機的使用數量已經增加了5%。他稱，有 的印尼人在使用智能手機。但是他稱，印尼的智能手機使用量與亞洲其他國家相比仍然很低，然而比印度和菲律賓要高。

Uday Rayana is a communications observer in the capital, Jakarta. He says smartphone use has bcome part of the daily life of many Indonesians. But he questions whether social media activities using the devices is a good use of time.

烏代·讓亞納是印尼首都雅加達的通信觀察員，他稱，使用智能手機已經變成許多印尼人日常生活的一部分。但是他對使用該設備進行社交媒體活動是否在有效利用時間表示質疑。

Karania is a human resources worker. Like many Indonesians, she uses only one name. She told VOA that her smartphone has helped her in her job. She says she uses her smartphone both as a telephone and as a way to get on the Internet. She says she spends a lot of time using her smartphone.

Karania是一位人力資源工作者。像許多印尼人一樣她只有一個名字。她告訴美國之音工作人員，她的智能手機有助于她的工作，她的智能手機既作為電話，又作為上網的途徑。她說她花了很多時間使用智能手機。

Eggi lives near Jakarta. He operates an online food business. He uses his smartphone mostly for business. He says it lets him communicate with his customers.

Eggi住在雅加達市附近，他經營了一個網上食品業(yè)務。他主要用他的智能手機來做生意。他稱他可以用智能手機和客戶進行交流溝通。

The Nielsen Study found that the average Indonesian smartphone users spends more than two hours a day on their phones. The study showed users talk, go on the Internet or use apps or applications.

尼爾森調查公司發(fā)現，印尼的智能手機用戶平均每天花費2個多小時在智能手機上。這項調查表明，用戶使用智能手機來進行交談、上網以及使用手機應用程序。

The study found women spend more time talking on their phones than men. It says people between the ages of 25 and 30 are the most active smartphone users. And it found smartphone use reaches its highest level after the workday is complete.

這項調查還發(fā)現，女性使用手機的通話時間要比男性更長。該調查表明，25歲到30歲之間的智能手機用戶最為活躍。另外調查還發(fā)現，在工作日結束后，智能手機的使用量達到其最高水平。

A Nielson report last year found that smartphone usage is very different among countries in East Asia. More than 80 percent of people in Singapore and Malaysia own smartphones. But in the Philippines and India fewer than 20 percent do.

尼爾森調查公司去年的一份調查報告，發(fā)現智能手機利用率在東亞國家之間存在很大差異。80%多的新加坡人和馬來西亞人擁有智能手機。但在菲律賓和印度卻只有不到20%的人擁有智能手機。

And that's the VOA Learning English Technology Report. I'm Jonathan Evans.

這就是本期的美國之音慢速英語的科技報道，我是喬納森·埃文斯。