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空中英語教室 2021 SEPTEMBER. Lesson 9: TECHNOLOGY： 創新應變 

IMMERSIVE AUDIO: DYNAMIC 360-DEGREE SOUND

Virtual reality for your ears 沈浸式音效: 360度動態環繞音效

營造強烈臨場感 打造聽覺虛擬實境

關鍵詞  perceive察覺, spatial空間的, mimic模仿, visually視覺上, immersive沈浸式的, soundscape聲景
加強實用句型  

Annotation Note：
Immersive audio is the new standard in audio technology. It will change the way we experience gaming, VR, music, movies and more.
註釋說明：
沉浸式音頻是音頻技術的新標準。 它將改變我們體驗遊戲、VR、音樂、電影等的方式。

  Talk About It  
  >> How would you most like to experience immersive audio: gaming, movies, music or dance? Why?    

◎ IMMERSIVE AUDIO
◎ 沈浸式音效
● immersive    (a) 沉浸式的:身臨其境的

◎ DYNAMIC 360-DEGREE SOUND
◎ 360度動態環繞音效
● dynamic    (n)動態

◎ Virtual reality for your ears
◎ 營造強烈臨感,打造聽覺虛擬實境
● Virtual reality  虛擬實境

◎ Close your eyes - what can you hear?
◎ 閉上眼睛,你能聽到什麼?

◎ Scooters roaring, birds chirping, people talking, air conditioners humming? 
◎ 機車呼嘯、小鳥啁啾、人們交談、冷氣運轉的聲響?
● roar    (v) 咆哮轟鳴
● chirp  (v) 蟲鳥嘰喳叫
● hum   (v) 低哼

◎ Can you hear where all these sounds are in your current soundscape?
◎ 你能否聽得出來所有聲音在你目前聲景中的確切位置?
● soundscape  (n) 音景,音樂組成背景 component sounds

◎ What sounds are beside you? Above you? Behind you?
◎ 哪些聲音在你旁邊?在你上方?或是後方?
● beside (prep介系詞) 旁邊
● Above  (prep介系詞) 上面
● Behind (prep介系詞) 後面

◎ Can you perceive their position using only your ears?
◎ 你可以單憑耳朵察覺到這些聲音的位置嗎?
● perceive  (v)  察覺:注意到
· People often fail to perceive what's really happening in foreign social situations.人們常常無法理解外國社交場合中真正發生的事情。

◎ With your eyes still closed, turn and face a different direction.
◎ 繼續閉著雙眼,現在轉身面對一個不同的方向。

◎ The sounds seem to have moved.
◎ 原本的聲音似乎也随之移動了位置。

◎ Maybe at first you heard birds chirping above you on your right, but now you hear them behind you.
◎ 也許剛才你聽到的鳥鳴聲是在右上方,但現在是從後方傳來
● above you on your right 在你的右上方

◎ This is your hearing ability's spatial awareness.
◎ 這是因為聽覺能力具備的空間意識使然。
● hearing ability 聽覺能力
● spatial   (a) 空間的
· The spatial arrangement of the furniture in our office creates a nice atmosphere.我們辦公室家具的空間佈置營造出良好的氛圍。

◎ You can tell the direction and distance of the things around you - all with just your ears!
◎ 你可以分辨周遭事物的方向與距離一一全靠耳朵!
● You can tell ＝ 你可以分辨 （注意美國習慣用法）

◎ Surround sound technology can't fully take advantage of those natural capabilities because it can only partially mimic a true-to-life soundscape.
◎ 環繞音效技術無法完全利用人類與生俱來的能力,因為它只能局部模擬真實的聲景。
● mimic          (v) 模擬·模仿
· My 4-year-old son loves to mimic animal sounds.我 4 歲的兒子喜歡模仿動物的聲音。
● partially       (ad)部分地
· Dolly might have been partially responsible for it. 多莉或許對此要負部分責任。
● soundscape (n) 聲景:音景
● take advantage of  (Phr)利用

◎ Surround sound can make a plane sound as if it's flying from left to right but not above or below.
◎ 環繞音效能讓飛機聽起來像是從左飛到右,但卻無法模擬其上下飛行。

◎ Nor can it account for changes in your position. Immersive audio can.
◎ 環繞音效也無法考慮到聆聽者位置的改變;不過,沈浸式音效就做得到。
● account for              (Phr)考慮到:解釋某事物

◎ Immersive audio is basically "3D surround sound."
◎ 沈浸式音效基本上就是「3D環繞音效」

◎ Think of the difference between a TV screen and a VR (virtual reality) headset.
◎ 想想看電視螢幕與虛擬實境頭戴顯示器的不同之處。

◎ What virtual reality accomplishes visually, immersive audio accomplishes aurally.
◎ 虛擬實境達到的是視覺上的身歷其境,反觀沈浸式音效實現的則是聽覺上的臨場感。
● visually        (ad)視覺上;外觀上
That movie has great music, but visually it is not so great.那部電影有很棒的音樂，但在視覺上它不是那麼好。
● aurally         (adv) 聽覺上; with regard to sound or the ear關於聲音或耳朵