纯正地道美语 第139期(外教讲解):买电脑

Customer: So can you fix it?

Sales Clerk: I’m sorry sir. This computer is not broken or damaged. It’s simply just too old! That’s why your programs and applications are running slow. There really isn’t much I can do.

Customer: What do you mean? I bought this computer just three years ago!

Sales Clerk: Yes, but technology is ever changing and technology is becoming obsolete faster and faster!

Customer: OK, I know where this is going. How much will it cost me to get a new computer?

Sales Clerk: Well, this desktop over here is our latest model. It has a four gigahertz processor with sixteen gigabytes in RAM and a hard disk with one terabyte. Of course, it includes a mouse, keyboard and desk speakers.

Customer: I have no idea what you are talking about. I just want to know if it’s good and if I will be able to play solitaire without the computer crashing or freezing all the time!

Sales Clerk: This PC is top of the line and I guarantee it will never freeze! If it does, we’ll give you your money back!

【文章大意】对话的话题是买电脑。顾客去修理电脑，店员说电脑没什么毛病，只是太旧了。现在电脑技术发展很快。最后顾客决定买一款新的电脑，店员向他推荐了新款笔记本。
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I have no idea. 我不知道。

freeze vt. 停止运行
Fear made him freeze in his tracks.
恐惧使他突然停止前进。

where is going 事物的发展方向

ever changing 总是在改变

obsolete adj.过时的

program n. 电脑程序

gigabyte n. 千兆字节

RAM :random access memory随机存储器

hard disk n. 硬盘

gigahertz n. 千兆赫

processor n. 信息处理机

crash vt. 崩溃

guarantee vt. 担保；保证
Many shopkeepers guarantee satisfaction to customers.
许多店主对顾客许诺定让他们满意。

【拓展词汇】
warranty n.担保书，证书

laptop n. 便携式电脑, 笔记本电脑

network n. 网络

evolve vt. 发展

The British present political system has evolved over several centuries.
英国的现行政治制度是经过几个世纪逐步发展而成的。

wireless modem 无线路由器

重点单词查看全部解释freeze[fri:z]

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v. 冻结，冷冻，僵硬，凝固
n. 结冰，冻结

network['netwə:k]

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n. 网络，网状物，网状系统
vt. (

guarantee[.gærən'ti:]

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n. 保证，保证书，担保，担保人，抵押品
vt

obsolete['ɔbsəli:t]

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adj. 已废弃的，过时的

联想记忆X单词obsolete联想记忆：
ob不，solete用一不再用一过时的

tracks

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n. 轨道（track的复数）；磁道；轮胎

satisfaction[.sætis'fækʃən]

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n. 赔偿，满意，妥善处理，乐事，确信

联想记忆X单词satisfaction联想记忆：
satisfy满足+faction表名词，“达到的状态”，由-fy转化而来→满足

evolve[i'vɔlv]

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v. 进展，进化，展开

联想记忆X单词evolve联想记忆：
e出，volve卷，转－转出来－发展；进化

random['rændəm]

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adj. 随机的，随意的，任意的
adv. 随