第一，情景對話

A: I want to buy a type writer.

我想買臺打字機。

B: Don't be silly. The typewriter has had its day. Don't you know the computer has replaced it?

別傻了。打字機已經過時了。難道你不知道計算機已經替代打字機了嗎？

A: But if there's a power failure, you can still work with it.

如果停電的話，用打字機還是可以工作的。

B: It depends on you.

隨你吧。

第二，詞海拾貝

have had it’s day：已經沒有用而不再受歡迎了，過時了

e.g. To tell the truth, your design have had it’s day and was not to the taste of the market .

實話說吧，你們的款式早已過時了，不合市場的口味。

第三，語匯積累

1. power failure：停電，電源故障

e.g. Last week we had a massive power failure during a freak afternoon thunderstorm.

上星期在反常的午后雷雨過程中，我們遇上大規模停電。

e.g. A power failure plunged the house into darkness.

斷電使房子陷入一片黑暗之中。

e.g. The power failure brought the refrigerator to a rest.

停電致使冰箱停止工作。

2.depend on：依靠，依賴

e.g. May I depend on you to stand by me and my daughters?

我可以指望你照料我和女兒了？

e.g. I haven' t got a car, so I have to depend on the buses.

我沒有汽車, 所以我得乘公共汽車.