时间:2019-01-03 作者:英语课 分类:英汉幽默故事选读


英语课


  I teach computer courses, and my students often call me at home with questions. One morning I was on the phone, explaining in computer language the solution to a problem, while a repairman was fixing my refrigerator. After an endless stream of "C colon 1, back- slash 2, greater than, cd, backslash, DOS, 0 colon" and so on, I hung up and found the repairman staring at me. "Lady," he asked, are you a spy 3?"



Notes:



  (1) computer language 计算机语言



  (2) refrigerator n. 冰箱



  (3) backslash n. 回车



  (4) greater than大于号



  (5) DOS 计算机语言中的DOS处理



Exercises:



根据短文回答下列问题:



  ① What does the teacher teach?



  ② With what do students call her at home?



  ③ Who was in the teacher's house when she was on the phone?



  ④ Was it a long talk?



  ⑤ Why did the repairman think she was a spy?



93.电话交谈



  我教计算机课程,我的学生经常打电话到我家问我问题。一天早晨,我在电话里用计算机语言解释一个问题的答案,当时一个维修工正在给我修电冰箱。经过一连串的“C冒号,回车,大于号,CD,回车,DOS,C冒号”等等,我挂上电话发现那位维修工在盯着我。“女士,”他问,“你是个间谍吗?”



练习参考答案:



    ① She teaches computer courses.



  ② Questions.



  ③ A repairman.



  ④ Yes, it was.



  ⑤ Because the repairman didn't understand computer language.



n.冒号,结肠,直肠
  • Here,too,the colon must be followed by a dash.这里也是一样,应当在冒号后加破折号。
  • The colon is the locus of a large concentration of bacteria.结肠是大浓度的细菌所在地。
vi.大幅度削减;vt.猛砍,尖锐抨击,大幅减少;n.猛砍,斜线,长切口,衣衩
  • The shop plans to slash fur prices after Spring Festival.该店计划在春节之后把皮货降价。
  • Don't slash your horse in that cruel way.不要那样残忍地鞭打你的马。
n.间谍,侦探,侦察;vt.侦察,找出,发现;vi.做密探,侦查
  • I'm sure my neighbours spy on me.我肯定邻居暗中监视我。
  • The spy never told his family about his underground activities.那个间谍从来不把他的地下活动告诉他的家人。
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