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      A Japanese firm has developed what it claims is the world’s first technology to enable users to display their spoken words on a tablet or a smartphone by dragging their finger on the screen.
      Mitsubishi Electric claims to have combined touch-technology and __41__ recognition to develop an application that helps to “overcome hearing disabilities and linguistic barriers.”
      To use this technology, which is supported on Android platforms, one needs to press down on the screen for a while before running a __42__ along the surface while speaking. Then the spoken words appear on screen just behind the moving fingertip, tracing the same __43__ , whether straight or a curve. When the screen is pressed twice, the system analyses the __44__ text, and can read it aloud or even translate it in 10 different languages.
      The company expects this __45__ will help those with hearing disabilities as well as tourists. Those who travel to unfamiliar cultures can understand the locals via this application.

文意解釋：

A Japanese firm has developed what it claims is the world’s first technology to enable users to display their spoken words on a tablet or a smartphone by dragging their finger on the screen. (一家日本公司研發了號稱全世界第一個能透過用手指在螢幕上拖曳，實現用戶在平板電腦或智慧型手機上顯示出他們囗語詞句的技術。)
      Mitsubishi Electric claims to have combined touch-technology and __41__ recognition to develop an application that helps to “overcome hearing disabilities and linguistic barriers.” (三菱電機(Mitsubishi Electric)聲稱，他們結合了觸控技術和語音辨識系統，研發出一項應用程式，能幫助「克服聽覺和語言障礙」。)

41. (A)face 臉部 (B)official 官方的 (C)voice 聲音 (D)writing 書寫

To use this technology, which is supported on Android platforms, one needs to press down on the screen for a while before running a __42__ along the surface while speaking. (要使用這項在安卓(Android)平台上支援的技術，使用者將手指放到螢幕表面説話之前，需要先長按螢幕一會兒。)

42. (A)course 課程(B)finger 手指 (C)race 競賽 (D)test 測試

Then the spoken words appear on screen just behind the moving fingertip, tracing the same __43__ , whether straight or a curve. (接著所説的話就會落在移動的指尖後，沿著同樣的軌跡線顯示在螢幕上，無論是直線還是曲線都可以。)

43. (A)call 要求 (B)line 線條 (C)nature 本質 (D)wave 波動

When the screen is pressed twice, the system analyses the __44__ text, and can read it aloud or even translate it in 10 different languages. (當螢幕被按壓兩次時，系統會分析寫下的文本，接著將它朗讀出來，或甚至翻譯成10種不同的語言。)

44. (A)fake 假的 (B)original 原始的 (C)set 指定的 (D)written 書寫的

The company expects this __45__ will help those with hearing disabilities as well as tourists. Those who travel to unfamiliar cultures can understand the locals via this application. (這家公司期望這項新科技能幫助聽障者以及旅客。那些來到不熟悉國家旅行的人，透過這項應用程式，就更能加理解當地的文化。)

45. (A)context 上下文 (B)speech 演講 (C)technology 技術 (D)text 文本