地道美语听力播客:Buying a New Computer
时间：2019-01-01 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
地道美语听力播客English as a Second Language Podcast (ESLPod)，是一家位于美国加州洛杉矶的英语教育研究机构推出的英文听力会话，于2005年7月23日首播， 主播Dr 1. Jeff McQuillan为南加州大学的语言学博士， 现专注于外国语学生的英语学习研究。该播客在iTunes store播客的教育子分类中，与Grammar Girl Just Vocabulary常居前三甲.
My computer has been acting 3 up on me. It's a pretty old model, and I need to replace it. So I decided 4 to call up my friend Kevin to ask for his two cents. Kevin is a computer whiz. He knows PC really well since he worked on them for years, but in his heart of hearts, he is a big Mac fan. So, I thought he would be good person to ask.
I have always used a PC. I do mostly word processing so I don't need anything fancy 5. But, I see people I know doing cool things with photos and video, so I’d like to take a crack 6 at some new programs in the future.
Well, I called up Kevin to tell him what I needed. He immediately started throwing out specs: "You need at least a 2 Gigahertz processor and 1 Gig of memory, and make sure it has a writable DVD drive." "Whoa," I said. "All of that is way over my head. Let's back up for a a minute." Then he laughed and said he had gotten carried away . "Okay," he said. "Let's start at the beginning. Now, the processor determines how easily and how fast you can use the programs on your computer. Got that?" I said that I did. Then he continued, "How much RAM 2 memory you have is very important, too. Your computer will go faster the more you have. So, I recommend 7 getting at least 1 Gigabyte of RAM memory." "I think I'm following you so far, " I said. "Great," he said. Another thing you want is a drive that handles both CDs and DVDs. Some drives can just read DVDs and some can record onto blank ones. If you want to burn your own videos, you'll want a writable DVD drive. Remember though, that's just the computer itself. Don't forget that you'll need a monitor, a keyboard, a mouse, and speakers."
"OK," I said. "I think I've got all that. Now, here's the burning question: Mac or PC?
He said: "Now that's a whole different thing. Do you have a couple of hours?‚"
- Dr.Williams instructs us in botany.威廉博士教我们植物学。
- The ward of the hospital is in the charge of Dr.Green.医院的这间病房由格林医生负责。
- 512k RAM is recommended and 640k RAM is preferred.推荐配置为512K内存，640K内存则更佳。
- Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
- During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- He seemed to have taken quite a fancy to her.他似乎相当喜欢她。
- I have a fancy that it's going to rain.我想大概要下雨。
- There's a crack in this cup.这个杯子上有个裂缝。
- There's a crack on the underneath of the bowl.碗底有一道裂缝。
- Can you recommend me a good book?你能给我介绍一本好书吗？
- I can recommend this play to all lovers of good theatre.我把这个剧推荐给所有爱好优秀戏剧的人。