英語幽默精讀【93】A Talk on the Phone
I teach computer courses, and my students often call me at home with questions. One morning I was on the phone, explaining in computer language the solution to a problem, while a repairman was fixing my refrigerator. After an endless stream of "C colon, back- slash, greater than, cd, backslash, DOS, 0 colon" and so on, I hung up and found the repairman staring at me. "Lady," he asked, are you a spy?"
※ Notes
(1) computer language 計算機語言
(2) refrigerator n. 冰箱
(3) backslash n. 回車
(4) greater than大于號
?。?) DOS 計算機語言中的DOS處理
※ Exercises
根據短文回答下列問題:
?、?What does the teacher teach?
② With what do students call her at home?
③ Who was in the teacher's house when she was on the phone?
④ Was it a long talk?
?、?Why did the repairman think she was a spy?
※ 譯文
電話交談
我教計算機課程,我的學生經常打電話到我家問我問題。一天早晨,我在電話里用計算機語言解釋一個問題的答案,當時一個維修工正在給我修電冰箱。經過一連串的“C冒號,回車,大于號,CD,回車,DOS,C冒號”等等,我掛上電話發現那位維修工在盯著我?!芭?,”他問,“你是個間諜嗎?”
※ 練習參考答案
① She teaches computer courses.
② Questions.
③ A repairman.
④ Yes, it was.
⑤ Because the repairman didn't understand computer language.
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