應急英語口語:停電 Blackout
STEVE: Ah! No! Damn it!
DEREK: It's a blackout. Now I can't see Seinfeld.
STEVE: So what? I just lost one hour's worth of work.
DEREK: Really? How could you do that?
Don't you save every couple minutes?
STEVE: No, I didn't save this time.
Damn it! And I'm sick of writing this paper. Now I have to write it all over again too.
DEREK: I've had that problem too many times. So I learned to save.
When I'm writing something, I save every three sentences or so.
I don't want to lose anything.
STEVE: I hate computers. Sometimes I think they cause more trouble than they're worth.
DEREK: What are we going to do now?
STEVE: I don't know. I feel like going out.
DEREK: I wonder how much of the city is down.
STEVE: It doesn't matter. I still can go out and buy a beer.
DEREK: Maybe. But if there's a blackout, probably the pubs are closed.
And besides, I know you have a political science exam tomorrow.
I thought you had a lot of reading to do.
STEVE: Yes, that's true. Damn!
I just lost half my paper, and now I can't even do my homework.
This is a bad time for this to happen.
DEREK: I have a flashlight in my closet. If you want to use that to read, you can.
STEVE: Thanks. I think I will try. Where are you going?
DEREK: I like your idea of getting a beer. I think I'll go out myself.
STEVE: Maybe we can trade.
Why don't you stay here and read for my exam, and I'll go drink beer?
DEREK: No, it just won't work.
If I read for your exam, you won't know the answers tomorrow. I will.
STEVE: So? You can go to the class for me.
Just write my name on the exam book and take the exam. Why not?
DEREK: How many students are in the class?
STEVE: About fourteen.
DEREK: So it won't work, old buddy. They'll see that I'm not you. Sorry.
STEVE: Damn!
史提夫：��！不！該死！
戴瑞克：這是停電，現在我看不到喜劇片《圣斐德》了。
史提夫：那又怎樣？我剛剛一小時都白做工了。
戴瑞克：真的�。吭趺磿菢�？
你不是每分鐘都存檔嗎？
史提夫：這次我沒存檔。
該死！我寫這篇報告已經很厭煩了，現在還要再重新寫一次。
戴瑞克：這個問題我遇過很多次，所以我學會了要存檔。
我寫東西的時后，大概三句就存一次檔。
我才不想丟掉任何東西。
史提夫：我痛恨電腦，有時我覺得它們造成的麻煩超過它們的價值。
戴瑞克：現在我們要怎么辦？
史提夫：不知道，我想出去走走。
戴瑞克：不曉得這個城市有多少地方都斷電。
史提夫：沒關系，我還是可以出去買啤酒。
戴瑞克：也許吧。但是如果有燈火管制，可能連酒吧都關了。
另外你明天還有政治學要考，
你還有很多書要念。
史提夫：沒錯，該死！
我才白白打了一半的報告，現在又不能做功課。
這種事來的真不是時候。
戴瑞克：我柜子里有手電筒，如果你要念書可以使用。
史提夫：謝謝，我會試試看。你要去哪里？
戴瑞克：我喜歡你的主意去喝杯啤酒，我自己去。
史提夫：也許我們可以交換一下。
你待在這里準備我的考試，而我出去喝杯啤酒。
戴瑞克：這樣沒用的。
如果我替你準備考試，明天你將不會做答，我反而會。
史提夫：那又怎樣？你可以代替我去上課，
在考卷上寫我的名字，幫我考試，不行嗎？
戴瑞克：你們班有幾個人？
史提夫：大約十四個。
戴瑞克：老兄，這行不通的。他們會認出我不是你。抱歉。
史提夫：該死！
