英語經(jīng)典聽力對話Dialogue 52 About School
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：你對計算機(jī)感興趣有多長時間了？
2）I got interested in...：got是系動詞，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，最低
級稱作“學(xué)士”(Bachelor's degree)，中級稱“碩士”，最高級
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--你一個星期工作多少小時，休？
2--我們早上必須9點(diǎn)開始工作。但實際上我總是8點(diǎn)
15分就到學(xué)校了。每個星期有四個下午是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，你從什么時間起對計算機(jī)感興趣的？
2--我想是從碩士學(xué)位時我就對計算機(jī)感興趣。
1--你都用計算機(jī)干些什么事？
2--嗬，我自己是用計算機(jī)進(jìn)行文字處理，用得很多，
但有時也用計算機(jī)編程序取樂。
