【英语时差8,16】书呆子-下

Feifei:It seems you were an awful student. Diarmuid: Well, it’s true I was never a swot. Feifei: A what? Diarmuid: A swot. S.W.O.T. Swot.Can you guess what it means¹? Feifei: Well, since you say you were not a swot and you got very bad grades at school, I would say that a swot is a very good student. Diarmuid: You’re right. A swot is a student who spends all their time studying, or swotting. Being² a swot usually means that other students don’t like you. Example A: Look at this old photo of our class at school. B: Oh yes, there’s Simon Studious. He was such a swot. I wonder whatever happened to him. A: I heard he started his own software³ company; he’s a multi-millionaire now. B: Oh. Wish I’d worked a bit harder then. Diarmuid: But you don’t have to be a student to use this word. We can use the verb⁴ form – to swot up – to mean learn more about anything. Feifei: So I could say I’m going to swot up on laptops⁵ because I want to buy a new computer. Diarmuid: You certainly could.

1 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

2 being   

n.存在；生存；生命存在，生命，人， 本质；art.在，有，是

参考例句：

• Can you explain to me the purpose of being?你能对我解释一下存在的目的吗？
• What is the purpose of our being?我们生存的目的是什么？

3 software   

n.软件，程序设计

参考例句：

• He bought a new software package.他买了一个新的软件包。
• I wish I knew how the software is installed.我真希望我知道这个软件是如何安装的。

4 verb   

n.[语]动词

参考例句：

• The sentence is formed from a verb and two nouns.这句子由一个动词和两个名词构成。
• These are the finite forms of a verb.这些是一个动词的限定形式。

5 laptops   

便携式电脑( laptop的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Thousands of children worldwide are already playing and learning with XO laptops. 世界各地上千学童已经透过XO手提电脑嬉戏[和]学习了。
• The recall of the latest laptops costs Dell several million dollars. 由于召回其最新的笔记本电脑产品，戴尔公司损失了好几百万美元。