DIALOGUE 52
About School
1--How many hours a week do you work, Sue?
2--We have to start at nine o'clock in the morning.
but I'm always at school by a quarter past eight,
in fact. Erm, we finish at four o'clock 4 days a
week, and I usually do go home at four o'clock,
and I'm usually home by half past four. Wednesday
afternoon is free, so we finish at twelve o'clock
on Wednesday.
1--How long have you been intereted in computers, Sue?
2--Interested. I suppose I got interested when I did
my master's degree.
1--What sort of things do you do with your computer?
2--Well, I use my computer, personally, as a word
processor, quite a lot, but I also use it for playing
around creating programs.
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注解:
1)How long have you been interested in computers?
此句直譯:你對(duì)計(jì)算機(jī)感興趣有多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間了?
2)I got interested in...:got是系動(dòng)詞,與be interested
相比,前者強(qiáng)調(diào)"action",后者強(qiáng)調(diào)"state"。
3)master's degree:碩士學(xué)位。大學(xué)授予的學(xué)位分三級(jí),最低
級(jí)稱作“學(xué)士”(Bachelor's degree),中級(jí)稱“碩士”,最高級(jí)
稱“博士”(Doctor's degree)。
4)sort:種類,類別。與kind同義。
5)word processor:文字處理機(jī)。
6)play around creating programs:他在計(jì)算機(jī)上編制
程序等等只是為了娛樂消遣,并非正經(jīng)的工作,所以才這樣
說。play around作"spend time having fun","to amuse oneself
with..."解。
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譯文:
1--你一個(gè)星期工作多少小時(shí),休?
2--我們?cè)缟媳仨?點(diǎn)開始工作。但實(shí)際上我總是8點(diǎn)
15分就到學(xué)校了。每個(gè)星期有四個(gè)下午是4點(diǎn)結(jié)束
工作。所以我經(jīng)常是4點(diǎn)鐘就往家走。4點(diǎn)半鐘到家。星期
三下午沒事,所以我們星期三中午12點(diǎn)就完事了。
1--休,你從什么時(shí)間起對(duì)計(jì)算機(jī)感興趣的?
2--我想是從碩士學(xué)位時(shí)我就對(duì)計(jì)算機(jī)感興趣。
1--你都用計(jì)算機(jī)干些什么事?
2--嗬,我自己是用計(jì)算機(jī)進(jìn)行文字處理,用得很多,
但有時(shí)也用計(jì)算機(jī)編程序取樂。