高中英语外刊阅读60篇（2022第四期）

根据一项新的专利申请显示，苹果正在开发一款具有「自愈」显示功能的可折叠 iPhone。本文 节选自：新闻周刊（2020.10.01） Apple Plans to Make iPhones With 'Self-Healing' Screens Arguably the worst thing about smartphones is their fragility. No matter how expensive your phone is, one unfortunate fumble could be all it takes to dent, scratch or smash your screen to pieces, and repairs are incredibly costly. A newly discovered patent application from Apple describes a "self-healing" iPhone screen that might one day change that. The patent application, published by the US Patent & Trademark Office on October 1 (via Apple In‐ sider), envisions a new type of screen arrangement capable of repairing dents, scratches and "other imper‐ fections" all on its own. It sounds almost too good to be true and, sure enough, the document doesn't go into a great deal of depth into how it could be achieved. However, the fact that Apple is looking into a solution for the curse of fragile screens is promising. "During operation of an electronic device, the display cover layer for the electronic device may be scratched or dented," Apple's patent reads. "To improve the aesthetics of electronic device, it may be de‐ sirable for the presence of scratches and dents to be minimized. To help mitigate the number of dents, scratches, or other imperfections in a display cover layer, the display cover layer may include a layer with self-healing properties." It says the healing process could happen automatically, or be triggered by heat, light or electric cur‐ rent. The requisite heat or light could be emitted by the phone itself. The phone's owner could also decide when to set the display to self-heal—at night, for instance, or while charging. 苹果正开发具有「自愈」功能的手机屏 第一篇 1 1 英语外刊阅读 可以说，智能手机最大的缺点就是它太脆弱了。不管你的手机有多贵，一次不幸的失手就可能 把你的手机屏幕砸出坑、划伤或摔成碎片，维修费用也非常昂贵。苹果公司新出现的一份专利申请 了一种可以“自我修复”的 iPhone屏幕，也许有一天会改变这种状况。 这项专利申请于 10月 1日由美国专利商标局发布(通过苹果内幕网站)，它构想了一种新型屏幕 排布方式，能够自行修复凹陷、划痕和“其他缺陷”。 这听起来好得令人难以置信，而且可以肯定的是，该文件并没有深入探讨如何实现这一目标。 然而，苹果公司正在研究一个屏幕脆弱魔咒的解决方案，这是很有希望的。 "在电子设备的操作过程中，