Apple has discontinuedthe iPod, 20 years after it was released.

在iPod发售后20年，苹果停止了iPod的生产。

The US tech giant said its iconic music player has been replaced by other devices, making the iPod redundant.

这家美国科技巨头称，这款具有象征性意义的音乐播放器已经被其他设备所取代，让iPod显得冗余了。

Greg Joswiak, Apples senior vice-president of worldwide marketing, said: "Today, the spirit of iPod lives on.

苹果全球营销高级副总裁格雷格·乔斯维克表示：“今天，iPod的精神依然存在。”

"Weve 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.

“我们已经在我们的所有产品中都加入了不可思议的音乐体验，从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 - theres no better way to enjoy, discover, and experience music."

“有了空间音频的支持，Apple Music（苹果音乐）能够提供行业领先的高音质——没有更好的方法可以享受、发现以及体验音乐了。”

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·乔布斯宣布了最初款iPod的诞生。它是第一款能够存储1000首歌曲并拥有10小时电池续航的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."

乔布斯在那时说：“随着iPod的出现，苹果开创了一种新的数字音乐播放器，能让你把你所有的音乐收藏全部装进口袋，去哪都能听。有了iPod，听音乐将始终是一种不同的体验。”

Similar MP3 players released by Microsoft and Sony did not have the same success as the iPod.

微软和索尼发售的类似的MP3播放器并没有获得和iPod一样的成功。

Apple has released five versions of its music player - the Classic, Touch, Shuffle, Mini and Nano.

苹果共发行了五种版本的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.

近年来，随着移动手机技术的发展，用户可以在他们的手机上使用音乐服务，所以苹果一直在缓慢缩小iPod的产品线。

In 2014, the classic click wheel model was discontinued, and the Shuffle and Nano were killed off three years later.

2014年，经典按钮轮型号停止了生产，Shuffle和Nano两个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号。

Without the iPod, there would never have been an iPhone or iPod, according to its inventor Tony Fadell.

如iPod的发明者托尼·法德尔所言，没有iPod，也不会有iPhone和后续其他的iPod。

Key points：

1，discontinue /dɪskənˈtɪnjuː/ v.停止，中断，停产

The Leica M2 was discontinuedin 1967.

徕卡M2型照相机于1967年停产。

2，industry-leading 行业领先的

Recruiters often prefer candidates who have worked for industry-leadingcompanies.

招聘人员往往偏爱那些曾在行业内领先企业工作过的员工。

3，digital /ˈdɪdʒɪt(ə)l/ adj. 数字的，数码的

The indies convert their digitalmovies to film.

独立制片公司把他们的数字电影转为胶片电影。

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