歌词
Once a source of high-pitched business activity,
这里曾经是高调商业活动的源头
Japan's karaoke industry has slowed down.
日本的卡拉ok业已经放缓
Japanese have less to sing about amidst sustained economic problems.
在持续的经济问题中，日本人没什么可唱的了
Karaoke firms are now striving to develop new ideas to attract cost-conscious karaoke singers.
卡拉ok公司现在正努力开发新创意，以吸引注重成本的卡拉ok歌手。
These include a new high-tech machine that allows people to sing like famous singers
其中包括一种新的高科技机器，它可以让人们像著名歌手一样唱歌
and theme rooms on some of the Asian cartoon figures
和一些亚洲卡通人物的主题房间
targeted at younger crowds.
针对年轻人群
The new karaoke machine is being developed by a professor from the US Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
这种新型卡拉ok机是由美国麻省理工学院的一位教授开发的
The machine uses a technology called C-Sound that automatically adjusts the speed and tone of any song being played
这台机器使用了一种名为C-Sound的技术，可以自动调整任何正在播放的歌曲的速度和音调
to match the tempo and key the singer is using.
配合歌手使用的节奏和音调
The tempo can be adjusted manually on conventional karaoke machines,
节奏可以在传统的卡拉ok机上手动调整
but the new product is the first machine to do it automatically.
但新产品是第一台自动完成这项工作的机器
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