Add-ons for Your iPod

How can you make the greatest gadget of all time even more gadgety?

From the May. 16, 2005 issue of TIME Europe magazine

By BROOKE CARNOT

Since its introduction four years ago, the iPod has rapidly become a fixture* in music-lovers' lives. Now, the Tennessee-based Mac accessory maker Griffin Technology has created new interfaces to make iPods even more versatile*. For iPodiacs, there's nothing like cruising* on the open road to a customized list of tunes*. But driving with headphones is illegal, so Griffin has designed a smart solution. Just slip the SmartDeck adapter ($29.95) into any cassette player and operate your iPod via the stereo controls.
If your battery becomes drained* after days of driving, plug your iPod into TuneJuice ($19.99), which converts an ordinary 9-volt battery into poddable energy, to get eight extra hours of playtime. Your TV, DVD and stereo all come with remotes, so why not your iPod?
Picture* biking to work with the controls on your handlebars, or docking* your iPod at your computer and selecting songs from the other side of the room. Just snap* the AirClick ($39.99) to the top of your iPod to control it wirelessly — within a range of 18 m — using a matchbox-sized remote that attaches to an armband* or bicycle frame.
For more information, check out . Now if they could just figure out how to listen to iPod while scuba diving*.

EXERCISES

Translate

Give synonyms

a gizmo =

an iPod user =

to drive =

tailor-made =

melody =

headset =

clever =

to imagine =

to dock at =

Give antonyms

slowly 

bottom 

Translate

plongée sous-marine=

boîte d’allumettes=

brassard=

guidon=

commande à distance=

polyvalent=

Principals

to drive
plonger
got
become

Word formation (1)

to afford
boire
eatable
payable
to play
prévoir
breakable
soluble
to rely on
valoriser
measurable

How do you call a …

a circuitry or a system that can be attached to a computer to increase memory or performance

=

Word formation (2)

to add on (= ajouter, accroître)  an add-on (ajout, dispositif supplémentaire)

to set up

to log in

to log on

to sit in

to drive in

to pick up

to take off (= décoller)  a takeoff (= décollage)

to take over

to stop over

to hand out

to link up

Translate

1. Ce nouvel appareil deviendra bientôt quelque chose d’indispensable pour tout amateur de musique.

2. Imaginez-vous à vélo avec un kit mains-libre au guidon.

3. Cette télécommande qui a la taille d’une boîte d’allumettes peu être attachée à votre brassard ou au cadre du vélo.

4. Un jour peut-être, il sera possible d’écouter vos airs préférés tout en faisant de la longée sous-marine.

5. Ce matériel additionnel rendra votre iPod encore plus polyvalent.

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