Chapter 5
第五章
Windows
視窗操作系統
Dialogue 1
句型1
A:Your desktop looks different from how it used to look.
你的電腦桌面看起來跟以前的不一樣。
B:Yeah, I just installed windows98.
是的。我剛安裝了視窗98。
It has a few new features that make it look different .
有幾項新特點,所以看起來不一樣。
Dialogue 2
句型2
A:I didn't know Windows 2000 was already on the market.
我不知道視窗2000已經上市了。
B:Well, this is a beta version, but it works pertty well.
嗯,這是試用版,不過蠻好用的。
A: I think I'll wait for the real thing to come out.
我想等正版出來再說。
Dialogue 3
句型3
A: I think my computer is slowing me down at work.
我想,有了電腦反而拖延了我的工作。
B:Why is that?
怎么回事?
A: I spent all morning setting its wallpaper, screen saver sound files and icons just the way I like them.
整個早上我都設定背景畫面、屏幕保護程序、聲音和圖標,把它們弄成我喜歡的樣子。
When I got done ,there wasn't time to do anything else!
等到搞定了,也沒有什么時間做別的了。
Dilogue 4
句型4
A:Do you have something against Microsoft?
你對微軟是不是有什么反感?
B: I don't necessarily have anything against them.
沒有必要反感他們啊。
A:But you don't have anything for them either?
但是也沒有什么好感吧?
B: No, actually Microsoft has done some very good things for the computer industry.
是沒有。其實微軟對電腦業有不少貢獻。
I would just like to see them have some competition.
我只是想看有人與他們競爭。
Windows works all right,but it could still use a lot of improvement, and that probably won't happen without some competition.
視窗還算好用,不過還是有不少改進的余地,沒有競爭就不可能有進步。