純正地道美語 第139期(外教講解):買電腦

customer: So can you fix it?

Sales Clerk: I’m sorry sir. This computer is not broken or damaged. It’s simply just too old! That’s why your programs and applications are running slow. There really isn’t much I can do.

Customer: What do you mean? I bought this computer just three years ago!

Sales Clerk: Yes, but technology is ever changing and technology is becoming obsolete faster and faster!

Customer: OK, I know where this is going. How much will it cost me to get a new computer?

Sales Clerk: Well, this desktop over here is our latest model. It has a four gigahertz processor with sixteen gigabytes in RAM and a hard disk with one terabyte. Of course, it includes a mouse, keyboard and desk speakers.

Customer: I have no idea what you are talking about. I just want to know if it’s good and if I will be able to play solitaire without the computer crashing or freezing all the time!

Sales Clerk: This PC is top of the line and I guarantee it will never freeze! If it does, we’ll give you your money back!

【文章大意】對話的話題是買電腦。顧客去修理電腦，店員説電腦沒什麼毛病，只是太舊了。現在電腦技術發展很快。最後顧客決定買一款新的電腦，店員向他推薦了新款筆記本。
.
I have no idea. 我不知道。

freeze vt. 停止運行
Fear made him freeze in his tracks.
恐懼使他突然停止前進。

where is going 事物的發展方向

ever changing 總是在改變

obsolete adj.過時的

program n. 電腦程序

gigabyte n. 千兆字節

RAM :random access memory隨機存儲器

hard disk n. 硬盤

gigahertz n. 千兆赫

processor n. 信息處理機

crash vt. 崩潰

guarantee vt. 擔保；保證
Many shopkeepers guarantee satisfaction to customers.
許多店主對顧客許諾定讓他們滿意。

【拓展詞彙】
warranty n.擔保書，證書

laptop n. 便攜式電腦, 筆記本電腦

network n. 網絡

evolve vt. 發展

The British present political system has evolved over several centuries.
英國的現行政治制度是經過幾個世紀逐步發展而成的。

wireless modem 無線路由器

重點單詞查看全部解釋freeze[fri:z]

想一想再看

v. 凍結，冷凍，僵硬，凝固
n. 結冰，凍結

network['netwə:k]

想一想再看

n. 網絡，網狀物，網狀系統
vt. (

guarantee[.gærən'ti:]

想一想再看

n. 保證，保證書，擔保，擔保人，抵押品
vt

obsolete['ɔbsəli:t]

想一想再看

adj. 已廢棄的，過時的

聯想記憶X單詞obsolete聯想記憶：
ob不，solete用一不再用一過時的

tracks

想一想再看

n. 軌道（track的複數）；磁道；輪胎

satisfaction[.sætis'fækʃən]

想一想再看

n. 賠償，滿意，妥善處理，樂事，確信

聯想記憶X單詞satisfaction聯想記憶：
satisfy滿足+faction表名詞，“達到的狀態”，由-fy轉化而來→滿足

evolve[i'vɔlv]

想一想再看

v. 進展，進化，展開

聯想記憶X單詞evolve聯想記憶：
e出，volve卷，轉－轉出來－發展；進化

random['rændəm]

想一想再看

adj. 隨機的，隨意的，任意的
adv. 隨