An audiobook is a book you listen to instead of reading with your eyes. Someone reads the story or the facts aloud, and that reading is recorded.

An audiobook「audiobook有聲書」 is a book you listen to instead of reading with your eyes是一種你用聽的,而不是用眼睛讀的書。 Someone reads the story or the facts aloud有人把故事或內容唸出來, and that reading is recorded而那段朗讀被錄了下來。

You can hear it on a phone, a computer, or an older CD player. Some recordings use one reader; some use several voices, a bit like a radio play, but it is still an audiobook if a book is being read.

You can hear it你可以聽它 on a phone, a computer, or an older CD player在手機、電腦,或比較舊的CD播放器上。 Some recordings use one reader有些錄音只用一個朗讀者; some use several voices有些會用好幾個聲音, a bit like a radio play有點像廣播劇, but it is still an audiobook但那還是算有聲書 if a book is being read只要是在朗讀一本書。

People use audiobooks when their hands or eyes are busy — walking, riding the bus, doing chores — or when print is hard to read. It is everyday English now, not a technical word.

People use audiobooks大家會用有聲書 when their hands or eyes are busy當手或眼睛忙著的時候 — walking, riding the bus, doing chores走路、搭公車、做家事的時候 — or when print is hard to read或是印刷字比較難讀的時候。 It is everyday English now它現在是日常英語了, not a technical word不是一個技術性的詞。

It is not the same as a podcast. A podcast is usually a show made for listening from the start; an audiobook starts as a book.

It is not the same as a podcast它跟「podcast」不一樣。 A podcast is usually a show made for listening from the start「podcast」通常是從一開始就是為了讓人聽而製作的節目; an audiobook starts as a book而「audiobook」則是從一本書開始的。

You may also see audio book as two words; the one-word form is very common.

You may also see你也可能看到 audio book寫成兩個字的「audio book」 as two words; the one-word form不過連寫成一個字的形式 is very common非常常見。