听对话练听力 43

About School

1--How many hours a week do you work, Sue¹?

2--We have to start at nine o'clock in the morning. but I'm always at school by a quarter past eight, in fact. Erm, we finish at four o'clock 4 days a week, and I usually do go home at four o'clock, and I'm usually home by half past four. Wednesday afternoon is free, so we finish at twelve o'clock on Wednesday.

1--How long have you been intereted in computers, Sue?

2--Interested. I suppose I got interested when I did my master's degree.

1--What sort of things do you do with your computer?

2--Well, I use my computer, personally, as a word processor, quite a lot, but I also use it for playing around creating programs.

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注解：

1）How long have you been interested in computers?此句直译：你对计算机感兴趣有多长时间了？

2）I got interested in...：got是系动词，与be interested相比，前者强调"action"，后者强调"state"。

3）master's degree：硕士学位。大学授予的学位分三级，最低级称作“学士”(Bachelor's degree)，中级称“硕士”，最高级称“博士”(Doctor's degree)。

4）sort：种类，类别。与kind同义。

5）word processor：文字处理机。

6）play around creating programs：他在计算机上编制程序等等只是为了娱乐消遣，并非正经的工作，所以才这样说。play around作"spend time having fun","to amuse² oneself with..."解。

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译文：

1--你一个星期工作多少小时，休？

2--我们早上必须9点开始工作。但实际上我总是8点15分就到学校了。每个星期有四个下午是4点结束工作。所以我经常是4点钟就往家走。4点半钟到家。星期三下午没事，所以我们星期三中午12点就完事了。

1--休，你从什么时间起对计算机感兴趣的？

2--我想是从硕士学位时我就对计算机感兴趣。

1--你都用计算机干些什么事？

2--嗬，我自己是用计算机进行文字处理，用得很多，但有时也用计算机编程序取乐。

1 sue   

vt.控告，起诉；vi.请求，追求，起诉

参考例句：

• If you don't pay me the money,I'll sue you.如果你不付给我钱，我就告你。
• The war criminals sue for peace.战犯求和。

2 amuse   

v.娱乐，逗乐，使高兴，使有趣

参考例句：

• Tom makes up stories to amuse his little brother.汤姆编故事逗他的小弟弟。
• I often amuse myself with reading.我常以读书自乐。