美語情景對話 第1243期:How did you learn English? 如何學習英語
Katya: Hello everybody, I'm Katya from Bulgaria.
卡蒂亞:大家好,我是卡蒂亞,來自保加利亞。Ayumi: I'm Ayumi from Brazil.
亞由美:我是亞由美,來自巴西。Katya: And today's question is what is a technology that we no longer use? Is there something you no longer use?
卡蒂亞:今天的問題是,我們不再使用哪些技術?有沒有什麼技術是我們不再使用的?
Ayumi: It's kind of difficult to tell because I never use technology acturally. I'm really bad in things in terms of technology. I mean I already broke two computers and a CD player. But talking about which, there was an MP player that my father gave me for my birthday present five years ago and since I have a computer right now, I'm all the time listening to music on YouTube or downloading music, or iPhone, so I don't use the MP3 player any more. What about you?
亞由美:這有點兒難回答,因為我從來不使用技術。我不擅長使用科技類產品。我已經用壞了兩台電腦和一個CD播放器。不過至於不再使用的技術,五年前我生日的時候我爸爸送了我一個MP3,由於我現在已經有電腦了,所以我一直在youtube上聽音樂或下載音樂,或是用蘋果手機聽歌,我已經不再用MP3了。你呢?Katya: I never had an MP player. I had a cassette player and then I had a CD player. I don't even use my CD player any more because it's so much easier listening on your iPod.
卡蒂亞:我從沒用過MP3。我有一個卡帶機,還有一個CD播放機。我已經不再用CD播放機了,因為現在在iPod上聽音樂更方便。Ayumi: Yeah.
亞由美:對。Katya: Also video tapes when you used to watch movies on video tapes. I don't even use DVDs any more. I always watch everything on my computer. You can fit your whole technological world in your computer.
卡蒂亞:還有以前用來看電影的錄影帶。我已經不再用DVD看電影了。我通常在電腦上看視頻。電腦適用於整個科技世界。Ayumi: That's true.
亞由美:沒錯。Katya: There are a lot of technologies like that. You remember using it as a child but no more. Also video platforms, there are a lot of video game platforms that are no longer on the market, like .... the first video game we have.
卡蒂亞:有很多這種技術。有很多小時候使用的技術現在已經不再用了。比如視頻平台,有很多電子遊戲平台已經退出市場了,比如我們玩的第一個電子遊戲。Ayumi: That's right.
亞由美:沒錯。Katya: They are no longer there. Even the old Game Boys, nobody uses a Game Boy any more.
卡蒂亞:現在已經沒有了。甚至現在連掌上游戲機都沒人玩了。Ayumi: I do still.
亞由美:我還在玩。Katya: That's good.
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重點講解:
1. no longer 不再;已不;
例句:You will no longer have a use for the magazines.
你再也用不着這些雜誌了。
2. in terms of 在…方面;從…角度看;根據…來説;
例句:In terms of quantity, production grew faster than ever before.
從數量上看,產量增長的速度比以往任何時期都要快。
3. right now 現在;此時此刻;
例句:Right now, I've got other problems that are pressing on me.
現在又有其他一些問題困擾着我。
4. all the time 一直;始終;
例句:I got a new job this year where I am on the go all the time.
我今年找了份新工作,一直忙得不可開交。