CRT is short for cathode ray tube. That is the old, heavy glass screen that televisions and computer monitors used before flat screens.

CRT is short for cathode ray tubeCRT 是 cathode ray tube（陰極射線管）的縮寫。That is the old, heavy glass screen那是一種老式、笨重的玻璃螢幕，that televisions and computer monitors used before flat screens在平面螢幕出現之前，電視和電腦螢幕用的就是這種。

Deep in the back of the box, a gun fires a thin beam of electrons (tiny bits of electricity) at the front glass, which has a special coating; where the beam hits, a dot of light appears, and many dots make the picture.

Deep in the back of the box在機殼的深處，a gun fires a thin beam of electrons (tiny bits of electricity)有一支電子槍會射出一道細細的電子束（極微小的電流），at the front glass, which has a special coating打向表面有特殊塗層的前方玻璃；where the beam hits, a dot of light appears電子束打到哪裡，哪裡就會出現一個光點，and many dots make the picture很多光點合起來就組成了畫面。

The gun has to sit a long way from the glass, so the whole machine is deep, fat, and hard to lift — that is why old TVs take up so much room.

The gun has to sit a long way from the glass電子槍必須跟玻璃保持一段距離，so the whole machine is deep, fat, and hard to lift所以整台機器又深又厚又重，不好搬——that is why old TVs take up so much room這就是為什麼舊電視這麼佔空間的原因。

People still say CRT when they mean that old kind of screen, or when engineers talk about how the tube works. You will not hear it for a phone or a thin modern TV.

People still say CRT大家還是會說 CRT，when they mean that old kind of screen來指那種舊式螢幕，or when engineers talk about how the tube works或是工程師在講這種映像管如何運作的時候。You will not hear it for a phone or a thin modern TV但你不會聽到有人用它來講手機或現在的薄型電視。

Though actually, some game players still look for CRT screens, because old game machines were made for that picture and can look odd on a new one.

Though actually不過其實，some game players still look for CRT screens有些玩家還是會特地找 CRT 螢幕，because old game machines were made for that picture因為舊型遊戲機當初就是為那種畫面設計的，and can look odd on a new one放到新螢幕上看反而會怪怪的。