时间:2018-11-28 作者:英语课 分类:从零开始学口语


英语课

ALEX: Can I help you?

SHERRY: Yes, I need to buy a computer for this semester 1.I was told it is cheaper to buy computers here.

ALEX: Well, you heard right.You can get an excellent deal on a new computer here.We have great discounts for students.

SHERRY: I don't know much about computers.But I know I want a desktop 2 computer with a lot of memory. And I need a printer.

ALEX: Well, first let's consider your computer.Here, for example, is a system I highly 3 recommend 4--the Power Macintosh G3.It comes with 64 megabytes of total memory.

SHERRY: Is that a lot? Sixty-four?

ALEX: Yes, it is. It should be enough for any student needs you might have.What department are you in?

SHERRY: History.

ALEX: Well, so you will mostly be using word processing, for writing papers 5.I recommend the Corel Word Perfect program for word processing.We can talk about software later. Let's talk about your hardware 6 first.We have a special deal on right now.I should tell you about it, as it only goes until next Tuesday.

If you buy one of these fifteen-inch color monitors with a Power Macintosh G3,you can actually get 30 percent off the usual sale price.

SHERRY: Thirty percent?

ALEX: Yes.

SHERRY: Wow. That's really good.And you think this is really a good system for a graduate student?

ALEX: Yes. It's an excellent system. SHERRY: Hmm. Hey, wait. This has an Apple on it. Is this an Apple computer?

ALEX: Yes, it's a Macintosh. It's Apple. Macintosh and Apple are the same thing.

SHERRY: I don't want Macintosh. I want PC.

ALEX: I'm sorry, but our university computer center only sells Macintosh equipment.

SHERRY: What? Are you serious?

ALEX: Yes.

SHERRY: But nobody uses Macintosh!

ALEX: That's not true.Most of the students and professors in the university here use Macintosh.They find it is better for writing and word-processing,and that is what students mostly do. May I ask where you're from?

SHERRY: Yes, I'm from Taiwan.

ALEX: Well, I know that in most Asian countries Apple is not very popular.But here in America, especially in universities and publishing companies,Apple is very commonly used.

SHERRY: But I need a computer that can handle writing in Chinese.

ALEX: There are several Chinese writing programs you can use with Macintosh.Chinese is no problem for Apple. SHERRY: Hmm.

I think I should ask some of my friends for advice before I make a decision.I'm sorry.

ALEX: No, don't be sorry. It's reasonable to ask your friends.But believe me, most of the students here in the university--Asian students included--most of them use Apple.

SHERRY: Well, thanks for your advice. I will probably come back later.

ALEX: You're very welcome. Here is my card, if you need any help.

亚历克斯:我可以帮你吗?

雪莉:是的,这学期我需要买一台电脑,人家告诉我这里的电脑比较便宜。

亚历克斯:的确,你听到的是对的。在这买新电脑你可以拿到很不错的价格,我们给学生很大的折扣。

雪莉:我对电脑了解不多,但是我知道我要一台有很大内存的桌上电脑,而且我还要一台打印机。

亚历克斯:好的,我们先考虑你要的电脑。我极力推荐这儿的一套系统-麦金塔 G3。它的总内存为六十四百万位元。

雪莉:那很多吗?六十四?

亚历克斯:是的,对任何学生的需求应该是足够了。你是什么系的?

雪莉:历史系。

亚历克斯:好的,所以你会常用文字处理来写报告。我推荐 Corel Word Perfect 程式来做文字处理。我们待会再来谈软件,先谈硬件吧。

我们现在有特价, 我应该告诉你,因为只持续到星期二为止。如果你购买这套有麦金塔 G3 的 15 寸彩色主机, 事实上就可以有平常售价的七折。     雪莉:七折?

亚历克斯:是的。

雪莉:哇,太好了。你觉得对一个研究生而言,这是一个很好的系统吗?

亚历克斯:是的,它是很棒的系统。

雪莉:嗯。嘿,等等,这上面有个苹果记号,这是苹果电脑吗?

亚历克斯:是的,是麦金塔,也是苹果机。麦金塔和苹果机是一样的。

雪莉:我不想要麦金塔,我要个人电脑。

亚历克斯:很抱歉,但是大学的电脑中心只卖麦金塔设备。

雪莉:什么?说真的吗?

亚历克斯:是的。

雪莉:可是没有人用麦金塔。

亚历克斯:不会啊,这所大学大部分的学生和教授都用麦金塔。他们发现这套系统对写作和文字处理比较好,而且大多数学生都在使用它。我可以问你从哪来的呢?

雪莉:我是台湾来的。

亚历克斯:我知道苹果电脑在亚洲大多数的国家并不是很流行。但在美国这里,尤其是大学和出版社里,使用苹果电脑是非常普遍的。

雪莉:但是我需要一台可以处理中文写作的电脑。 亚历克斯:有一些中文的写作程式可以在麦金塔上使用,对苹果电脑而言,中文不是问题。           雪莉嗯……我想在做决定前请教我一些朋友的建议。很抱歉。

亚历克斯:不会,不需要抱歉。问你朋友是合理的,但是相信我,这所大学大多数的学生─-包括亚洲的学生,大部分都使用苹果电脑。

雪莉:好的,谢谢你的建议,我可能之后会再回来。

亚历克斯:非常欢迎。这是我的名片,如果你需要任何帮忙的话



1 semester
n.一学期,半学年,六个月的时间
  • A student will probably attend four or five courses during each semester.每个学生一学期可能要修四五门课程。
  • I had an especially rough time during my first semester.我第一个学期的日子难受极了。
2 desktop
n.桌面管理系统程序;台式
  • My computer is a desktop computer of excellent quality.我的计算机是品质卓越的台式计算机。
  • Do you know which one is better,a laptop or a desktop?你知道哪一种更好,笔记本还是台式机?
3 highly
adv.高度地,极,非常;非常赞许地
  • It is highly important to provide for the future.预先做好准备非常重要。
  • The teacher speaks very highly of the boy's behaviour.老师称赞这个男孩的表现。
4 recommend
vt.推荐,介绍;劝告,建议;使成为可取,使受欢迎
  • 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。
5 papers
n.文件,纸币,论文
  • I want to check with my secretary before I sign the papers.在签署这些文件前,我要与我的秘书商议。
  • The lawyer read all the papers relating to the case.律师阅读了与该案有关的全部文件。
6 hardware
n.重型武器;五金器具;硬件
  • He bought a pot and other hardware at the store. 他从商店买了一个壶和其他金属制品。
  • That family has carried on a hardware business for five generations.那家已经经营五金生意五代了。
学英语单词
abnormal termination
acastus
alkylolamides
amhts
and/nor gate
bags cover dirty
bavarette
benbie
bilious colic
Birofeld
boletinus pictus
bouquetin
box connecter
breadcutter choke
breast-
brestel
bridge fault
Camellia parafurfuracea
Casearia balansae
chordoid tissue
coefficient of moisture absorption
comma butterflies
composition of concurrent forces
convection chamber
Costa del Crime
Cotolon
cycloreversions
Dazhui
education-baseds
Epidihydrochlolesterin
Ergotrate
false activation
festerings
five kinds of retardation
freeze dry
fuliginous
garden design
get patent for
habeshia
half-good
Hami melons
heighteners
hood fastener
hydrophilic soft corneal contact lens
ileocecostomy
in record numbers
in-body
infraspecific
journal brass alloy
lehr belt
let sth ride
line advance
Lorexane
low-budget
melolonthidaes
methanesulphonates
methoxys
microcomputer interface kit
mole vaporization heat
mud-flat community
n.o.
natural electromagnetic phenomena
nepeans
nestiostomy
Nimrod Glacier
nitro dyestuff
nuclear material balance report
old person
part-winding starting
pascuous
phytocordyceps ninchukispora
piffy on a rock bun
premonochromator
proselytizes
Protoverin
pseudopeptidoglycan
Pulmobeta
radiation biochemistry
red hepatization
Rickettsiales
Samotlor, Ozero
scopometry
seismic cable winch
shrine-goers
Slivenska Planina
snaintons
spongite
steam curing of concrete
straw shredder
t'ings
transfer coefficient of element
transport park
travel rope
tricks of fortune
triple pole single throw
turbo-compound diesel
underwater-to-air guided missile
waist-deeps
wide distribution
wind edema
XFCN