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【在生活中學習語言】老骨董╱落伍的人 A Dinosaur 老骨董╱落伍的人

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A Dinosaur

老骨董╱落伍的人

 

對話
Tim:My father is such a dinosaur. He doesn't even know what a web browser is.
提姆:我老爸真是個老骨董。他連網頁瀏覽器是什麼都不知道。
William:I guess that's unusual.
威廉:那可真稀奇。
Tim:He doesn't understand words like "ram" and "gigabytes". He even thinks an mp3 player is an athlete!
提姆:他不懂什麼叫「記憶體」或「十億位元組」。甚至還以為 MP3 播放器是個運動員!
William:Ha, ha. By the way, what did you do yesterday?
威廉:哈哈!對了,你昨天在幹嘛?
Tim:Well, I had to fix my motorcycle.
提姆:嗯,我得修我的機車。
William:You know how to do that?
威廉:你會修機車?
Tim:No, but my dad helped me do it. It works great now.
提姆:不會啊,不過我老爸在旁邊幫我。車子現在跑得很順了。
William:It sounds like the dinosaur has a few tricks up his sleeve that you should learn.
威廉:聽起來,老骨董畢竟還是藏了幾手,值得你好好學習哪。
Tim:Well, I could have just Googled it...
提姆:這個嘛,我上網Google一下其實就可以啦……

 

延伸學習
俚語精解
a dinosaur
dinosaur為「恐龍」,恐龍是史前時代曾經稱霸地球長達百萬年之久的超大型爬蟲類,然而在英文口語中,dinosaur也可用來指「老骨董」,帶有落伍、跟不上時代潮流的人或物的含意。
例:Frank is such a dinosaur!He takes a computer mouse to be a real mouse.(法蘭克真是有夠落伍!他以為電腦滑鼠是真的老鼠。)

關鍵字詞

browsen.(網頁)瀏覽器
unusuala. 不尋常的
例:It's unusual for Nicole to punch in on time.(妮可會準時上班打卡很稀奇。)

mp3 player MP3播放器
athleten. 運動員
例:Uncle Sam used to be a famous athlete, but he ended up an alcoholic after he broke his leg.(山姆叔叔曾是一位著名運動選手,後來卻因為摔斷腿而成了酒鬼。)
* alcoholic n. 酒鬼

fixvt. 修理╱準備(食物)
例:Can you fix the computer for me?It's not working again.(你可以幫我修電腦嗎?它又壞了。)
例:Mom fixed me a snack after I returned from school.(我從學校回來後,媽媽幫我準備點心。)

 

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