"手機應用程式用音樂控制心跳"

你是否曾覺得，想運動或放鬆時找不到合適的音樂？這款叫做「音樂之心」的手機app可以幫你選出適當的音樂，增加或減少心搏率。透過使用內建麥克風的特殊耳機，來偵測耳中脈搏。根據你的活動設定，它會在你鍛鍊身體時選擇快歌，幫你達到最理想的脂肪燃燒心搏率，或是在你精疲力盡時選擇慢歌讓你冷靜下來。它也會研究過去特定類型的歌曲對你有何影響，如此一來便能在下次使用時，更準確地為你選歌。

對話範例：

(音樂之心) 詹姆斯和柯拉是朋友。他們在健身房裡騎運動腳踏車，詹姆斯注意到柯拉不斷停下來換手機裡的音樂。一起來聽聽他們的對話。

詹姆斯：妳還在玩手機嗎？妳應該要專心於當下在做的事，不然可能會受傷。

柯拉：我只是找不到適合運動時聽的歌。有時候音樂太快，有時候太慢。

詹姆斯：音樂的節奏突然變動時，也很難在運動時維持一致的步調。

柯拉：真希望有app能為我選出有同樣節奏的歌，這樣我就能專心瘦身了！

詹姆斯：還真的有這麼一個app能做到喔。它有個特殊耳機，能偵測心搏率，幫妳選擇能好好運動，或好好休息的歌。

柯拉：太適合我了。在哪裡可以下載？

詹姆斯：現在還買不到，但應該很快就出了。

柯拉：那你能不能暫時借我iPod呢？或許我比較能找到我需要的歌曲。

(Technology) Phone App Uses Music to Control Heartbeat

Have you ever felt like you cant find the right music when you want to exercise or relax? This phone app called the Musical Heart can choose the right music for you to increase or decrease your heart rate. It does this by using special earphones which have built-in microphones that check the pulse in the ears. Based on your activity setting, it will select faster songs during workouts to help you reach your ideal fat-burning heart rate and slower songs to calm you down if youre stressed out.It will also study how certain types of songs have affected you in the past so that it can better pick songs that are right for you next time.

Dialogue Example:

(Musical Heart) James and Cora are friends. They are riding the exercise bikes at the gym when James notices that Cora keeps stopping to change the music on her phone. Lets listen to their conversation.

James: Are you still playing with your phone? You should pay attention to what youre doing or you might hurt yourself.

Cora: I just cant find any good songs to workout to. Sometimes theyre too fast and sometimes theyre too slow.

James: Its also difficult to maintain a steady pace when youre exercising and the beat of the song suddenly changes.

Cora: I wish theres an app that can choose songs with the same beat for me so I can just concentrate on getting slim.

James: There is actually one app that does just that. It comes with special earphones that can check your heart rate and help choose songs to help you exercise or relax better.

Cora: That sounds perfect for me. Where can I get it?

James: Its not available yet but it should be coming out soon.

Cora: For now, maybe you can lend me your iPod? Maybe Ill have more luck finding the songs I need on it.

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