There would have been no record players, Walkmans or eventually iPods.

届时，唱片机、随身听，乃至 iPod 可能都不会出现。

Soon, Japanese electronics were everywhere, from televisions of VCRs to digital wristwatches and walkmans.

很快，日本电子产品无处不在，从电视机、录像机到数字手表和随身听。

Luckily, he didn't lose his job because many people started buying the new Walkmans, something the newspapers picked up on - noticed or gave particular attention to.

幸运的是，他没有丢掉工作，因为许多人开始购买新出的随身听，这是报纸上报道的东西——引起注意或特别关注。

Released at the start of the summer holidays for Japanese students, within 3 months the entire first run of 30 thousand Walkmans had sold out.

首批3万台随身听在暑假开始时面向日本学生发售，在3个月内全部售罄。

But instead, people of all ages began wearing Walkmans to listen to their favourite music on the move, and the new invention caught the public imagination-an idiom meaning, made the public interested in or excited about something.

但相反地，全年龄层的人都开始带着随身听边走边听他们最爱的音乐，而这个新发明吸引了公众的注意——这个习语的意思是让公众对某件事情感兴趣。

But instead, people of all ages began wearing Walkmans to listen to their favourite music on the move, and the new invention caught the public imagination – an idiom meaning, made the public interested in or excited about something.

但相反的是，各个年龄段的人们开始戴上随身听，一边走一边听他们最喜欢的音乐。这个新发明勾起人们的想象——这个习语的意思是，令公众对某事感兴趣或感到兴奋。