BEC商務英語活學活用：Computer

Ⅰ.核心學習：Computer 公司電腦

Eric: Good morning Sabrina. How are you today?

埃里克：早上好塞布麗娜，今天好嗎?

Sabrina: I'm fine but my computer is on the fritz again.

塞布麗娜：我很好，可我的電腦又壞了。

Eric: Oh - I thought that the help desk had fixed that yesterday?

埃里克：噢，我以為維修人員昨天已經(jīng)把它修好了。

Sabrina: Yeah so did I. They told me that it was fixed but now it has a new bug.

塞布麗娜：我也這么想。他們告訴我修好了，可現(xiàn)在又出新問題了。

Eric: Maybe it's a case of GIGO?

埃里克：可能是GIGO的問題?

Sabrina: What is GIGO?

塞布麗娜：什么是GIGO?

Eric: I can tell you what GIGO means and some more computer English while we wait for the IT staff to fix your computer?

埃里克：等待IT人員給你修電腦的時候我會告訴你GIGO的意思和一些其他的電腦英語。

Sabrina: Anything to take my mind off this problem Eric!

塞布麗娜：只要讓我忘了這件事就好，埃里克!

Ⅱ.單詞簡析

1) Fritz: slang word for something that is broken or not working properly

Fritz: 描述某物壞掉了或出現(xiàn)故障時的不正式說法

ex:My alarm clock is on the fritz and that is why I am late to work again.

我的鬧鐘壞了，所以我上班又遲到了。

2) Help Desk: a department in a company that can help you with any computer or printing problems

公司里專門幫助解決電腦或打印問題的部門

ex:The help desk staff in our company are always stressed out because the computers are old.

我們公司的電腦維修人員工作壓力一直很大，因為電腦太舊了。

3) Bug: a problem with a computer or computer software

電腦或電腦軟件出現(xiàn)的問題

ex:After we tested the new software, we found so many bugs that had to be fixed.

測試完新軟件后，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)有太多問題需要解決。

4) GIGO: Garbage In, Garbage Out. This is an old saying in computer programming. Computers can only do what you tell them and if you tell them the wrong thing, they will do the wrong thing.

無用輸入，無用輸出：電腦編程中的習慣說法。電腦只會按你的指示操作，如果你的指示是錯的，它們就會按錯誤指示去做。

ex:The help desk told me that my computer was working fine and the problem was caused by GIGO!

電腦維修人員說我的電腦運作正常，問題是由GIGO引起的。

5) Policies: rules that people should follow

人們應當遵守的規(guī)則

ex:My company has a casual Friday dress policy so everyone wears relaxed clothing such as jeans and tee-shirts then.

我們公司規(guī)定星期五穿便裝，所以到時每個人都穿休閑服裝，比如牛仔服和T恤衫。

6) Virus: nasty software that can destroy or delete your computer's files

病毒，能毀掉或刪除你的電腦文檔的破壞性軟件

My computer got a virus from the Internet because I did not use the virus scanner carefully.

我的電腦從網(wǎng)上染上了病毒，因為我沒好好用查毒軟件。

Ⅲ.課文篇

The personal computer is one of the greatest tools ever invented by man and almost everyone in a company these days will need to be able to use one to do their job properly. Because computers are so important and expensive, most companies have policies about their use.

個人電腦是人類發(fā)明的最偉大的工具之一?，F(xiàn)在幾乎公司的每個員工都需要能用電腦正確工作。由于電腦很重要且貴重，大多數(shù)公司對于電腦的使用都做了規(guī)定。

Most companies are very careful about viruses these days. If you use floppy discs from others, you should always use a virus scanner before you put the disc in your computer.

現(xiàn)在多數(shù)公司對病毒都很小心。如果你用的是別人的軟盤，將軟盤插入電腦前應該用查毒軟件檢查一下。

If the company gives you a password for your computer, you should not write it down on a piece of paper. Try to remember it instead.

如果公司給你電腦密碼，不要把它寫在紙上，試著將密碼記住。

If you can choose you own password, don't choose something that others could guess easily such as your name or birth date. Try to remember to change your password every month.

如可以自己選擇密碼，不要設置別人容易猜到的密碼，例如你的名字或生日。試著記得每月更換一次密碼。

Although MP3's and on-line chat are lots of fun, most companies don't like you use them at work during work time. Not only are you not working efficiently if you are chatting on-line but MP3s can make the Internet really slow for everyone else.

雖然MP3和網(wǎng)上聊天樂趣無窮，可大多數(shù)公司不喜歡你在工作時間使用它們。網(wǎng)上聊天不僅會使你的工作效率降低，而且MP3還會使其他人的上網(wǎng)速度變得很慢。

Ⅳ.對話篇

Linda : It seems that your computer is fixed now?

琳達：你的電腦好像修好了?

George: The guys from the help desk fixed it straight away.

喬治：維修部的人很快就把它弄好了。

Linda : Did they tell you what they found wrong with it?

琳達：他們有沒有告訴你是什么問題?

George: They found a virus but I don't know how it got on my computer. I always used a virus scanner.

喬治：他們發(fā)現(xiàn)了病毒，可我不知道病毒是怎么跑到我的電腦上的。我一直在用查毒軟件。

Linda : Maybe you caught the virus from the Internet.

琳達：你可能是在網(wǎng)上染上的病毒。

George: No, our company has a strict policy about the Internet and I always follow it carefully.

喬治：不會，我們公司對上網(wǎng)要求很嚴格，我一直都是小心遵守的。

Linda : Well, as long as was fixed, that's the main thing right?

琳達：只要修好了就行，這才是最重要的，對不對?

George: Absolutely. What did we do before computers were invented - I get so stressed when mine is on the fritz.

喬治：沒錯。電腦發(fā)明之前我們做什么——電腦一壞我感到壓力很大。

Linda : Right. I just wish that computers could make learning English easier!

琳達：是這樣。我只希望電腦能讓學英語更容易一些。

George: Practice Linda, practice.

喬治：多練習，琳達，多練習。

Linda : See you later George.

琳達：再見，喬治。