Notes：
mobile phone 携帯電話;
shun ～ を避ける;
microchip マイクロチップ(電子工学での集積回路);
back injury 背部損傷(20冊も本を持つと背中を痛める事を言っている);
********************
In this age of technology where it is possible to have TV programmes, videos, news, etc., downloaded onto your mobile phone, I have found myself shunning this for something much simpler – the audio book. An audio book is in some ways old-fashioned; after all it is just someone reading a book to you down a microphone. But thanks to the microchip I can have 20 books on my IPod without it giving me back injury. That means that I also have room for my pack lunch and an old-fashioned book just in case my batteries run out! Besides, sometimes I just need a good old read. (by Prof. Simon Smith)
********************

Notes：
acronym 頭文字;
UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles) カリフォルニア大学ロサンゼルス校;
UF (University of Florida) フロリダ大学;
smoother よりな なめらかにする;
remaining 残っている;
cumbersome長くて複雑な;
********************
TOEIC and listening exercises often use them. And, if you listen to or read about sports, you’ve probably heard them – acronyms that are pronounced like words – things like UCLA and UF. These are the names of American universities.
We shorten them to make our conversation smoother. Each letter represents a word. The U stands for university.The next letter is often a state name. For example, C represents California. The remaining letters show where the campus is. For example, LA means Los Angeles, so UCLA is the University of California, Los Angeles. We do the same thing in Japanese when we say ShimaDai rather than the more cumbersome Shimane Daigaku.(by Prof. Lieske Carmella)
********************