A seventy-eight is an old kind of music record: a hard disc that spins on the player about 78 times each minute. People also call them 78s.

A seventy-eightseventy-eight is an old kind of music record是一種舊式的音樂唱片: a hard disc一片硬盤 that spins on the player about 78 times each minute在唱盤上一分鐘轉大約 78 圈。People大家 also call them 78s也叫它們 78s

Before later, slower records came in, this was the usual record in the home. They are thick, they break if you drop them, and each side holds only a few minutes of sound.

Before later, slower records came in在後來比較慢的唱片出現之前, this這種 was the usual record in the home是一般家庭裡常見的唱片。They它們 are thick很厚, they一摔 break if you drop them就會摔破, and且 each side holds only a few minutes of sound每一面只能錄幾分鐘的聲音

You will not buy new pop music this way now; you meet the word in antique shops, in family cupboards, and when someone talks about early jazz or very old recordings.

You你 will not buy new pop music this way now現在不會用這種方式買新的流行音樂了; you你 meet the word會遇到這個字 in antique shops在古董店裡, in family cupboards在家裡的老櫃子裡, and且 when someone talks about early jazz or very old recordings當有人聊到早期爵士樂或非常老的錄音時

Though actually, seventy-eight is also just the number 78 — but this meaning is the disc, named only for that speed (78 rpm). Later records ran at 45 or 33 times a minute; those are different objects with different names.

Though actually不過實際上, seventy-eightseventy-eight is also just the number 78也單純就是數字 78 — but但 this meaning但這裡講的意思 is the disc是指這種唱片, named only for that speed (78 rpm)只是因為那個轉速（78 轉）而得名。Later records後來的唱片 ran at 45 or 33 times a minute轉速是一分鐘 45 圈或 33 圈; those那些 are different objects with different names是不同的東西，也有不同的名稱