Mark: do you have internet in your room?
Peter: sure, I am a total internet junkie, I can't survive without internet.
M: really? What do you usually do online?
P: well, there are a lot of things, like reading news, email, shopping, etc. but mostly I chat online. You could say I'm addicted to online chatting.
M: I never chatted online before. What's it like.
P: well, basically it's similar to face-to-face chat, but you type instead of talk. You should try it at least once.
M: really? Who do you chat with?
P: to people all over the world! I have a lot of net pals. See, the magic of internet is that it connects people from all over the world. You can chat with someone thousands of miles away as if they were just next to you. But I also use it to chat with my brother in India and other friends abroad.
M: that's amazing. I will install an online messenger program when I get home.
P: well, my suggestion for a newbie like you is that don't get lost in the cyberspace. You know internet won't do the filtration for you, so you still need to use your judgement. There are a lot of people on the internet who might try to take advantage of you.
M: don't worry.
你的房間里能上網(wǎng)嗎?
當(dāng)然能啊,我是網(wǎng)迷,沒(méi)有網(wǎng)一天都不行.
真的嗎?你上網(wǎng)通常都做些什么?
哦,可以做很多事情,比如說(shuō)讀新聞郵件,網(wǎng)上購(gòu)物等.但是做的最多的還是網(wǎng)上聊天,你可以說(shuō)我我對(duì)網(wǎng)上聊天很過(guò)癮.
我從來(lái)沒(méi)在網(wǎng)上聊過(guò)天,網(wǎng)上聊天是什么樣子的?
基本上和面對(duì)面聊天沒(méi)什么區(qū)別.不過(guò)網(wǎng)上聊天的時(shí)候,你打字而不是說(shuō)話.你至少應(yīng)該嘗試一次.
真的嗎?你都和誰(shuí)聊呢?
和全世界的人!我有很多網(wǎng)友.你看,網(wǎng)絡(luò)的神奇之處就在于它把全世界的人聯(lián)系在一起了,即使相隔萬(wàn)里,聊起來(lái)也像近在眼前一樣.不過(guò)我上網(wǎng)也和在印度的弟弟以及其他在國(guó)外的朋友聊.
真不錯(cuò)!我回去以后就下載個(gè)上網(wǎng)聊天的程序.
對(duì)于你這樣一個(gè)網(wǎng)絡(luò)新手,我的建議就是千萬(wàn)別在網(wǎng)絡(luò)中迷失自我.你知道網(wǎng)絡(luò)不會(huì)幫你過(guò)濾,所以你還是要有自己的判斷力,網(wǎng)上有很多人可能會(huì)利用你.
別擔(dān)心,沒(méi)事兒.
Addicted: spending all your free time doing sth because you are so interested in it 入迷
Her son is addicted to computer games. 她的兒子對(duì)電腦游戲入了迷.
Chat: to talk in a friendly informal way to sb 閑聊;閑談;聊天
My kids spend hours chatting on the phone to their friends.
我的幾個(gè)孩子在電話上和朋友聊天一聊就是幾個(gè)小時(shí).
Within minutes of being introduced they were chatting away like old friends.
他們經(jīng)人介紹認(rèn)識(shí)才幾分鐘,便一見(jiàn)如故地聊個(gè)沒(méi)完.
What were you chatting about?
你們聊了些什么?
Install: to fix equipment or furniture into position so that it can be used 安裝;設(shè)置
He's getting a phone installed tomorrow.
他明天要裝電話.
The hotel chain has recently installed a new booking system.
這家連鎖旅館最近安裝了新的預(yù)訂系統(tǒng)。
I'll need some help installing the software.
我得找人幫忙安裝這份軟件.
Newbie: a person who is new and has little experience in doing sth, especially in computing novice (尤指計(jì)算機(jī)方面的)新手
A list of search engines would be useful for newbies like me.
一系列搜索引擎的清單將有助于像我這樣的新手.
Filtration: the process of filtering a liquid or gas 過(guò)濾;濾清;濾除
Get lost:迷失
Internet junkie:沉迷于網(wǎng)絡(luò)的人
Take advantage of: 欺騙;占...的便宜
He has always been taking advantage of me.
他老是占我的便宜.