英语大赢家 上册 149.Topic 1互联网 The Internet

 Shirley: May's birthday is coming. Shall we buy her a birthday present or let her choose one for herself?

 

Benjamin: I think a surprise party may be better. But I forget when her birthday is.

 

Shirley: You are such a good father. It's next Sunday.

 

Benjamin: Sorry. What shall we get for her?

 

Shirley: What about a cell¹ phone? She is old enough to have one.

 

Benjamin: Good idea. Shall we search on line to find an appropriate² one or go to a phone store?

 

Shirley: Maybe we can try shopping on line.

 

Benjamin: Sure. Okay, here is the website.

 

Shirley: I'm sure that May would love the pink one.

 

Benjamin: Probably. People's consumptive habit is changing rapidly³ because of the internet.

 

Shirley: Totally. Computers bring with them convenience.

 

Shirley: Oh, what's wrong?

 

Benjamin: The computer went frozen⁴.

 

Shirley: Oh, it's such a pain. We'd better go to a store later.

 

 

 

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雪莉：阿美的生日就快到了。我们该给她买个礼物还是让她自己挑一个呢？

 

本杰明：我觉得惊喜聚会可能更好。但我忘记她的生日是什么时候了。

 

雪莉：你可真是好爸爸啊，就是下周日啊。

 

本杰明：抱歉，我们该给她买点什么呢？

 

雪莉：给她买个手机怎么样？她可以有一个了。

 

本杰明：好主意，我们是去上网找一款合适的手机，还是去手机店啊？

 

雪莉：也许我们可以直接在网上购物。

 

本杰明：当然可以。好的，这有个网站。

 

雪莉：我确定阿美一定会喜欢这款粉红色的。

 

本杰明：很可能。因为因特网人们的消费习惯正迅速地改变着。

 

雪莉：的确如此。电脑带来了方便。

 

雪莉：哦，怎么了？

 

本杰明：电脑死机了。

 

雪莉：它（电脑）也是个大麻烦。我们最好还是去手机店吧。

1 cell   

n.区，细胞，血球；小室，牢房；电池，光电管；基层组织

参考例句：

• Soap destroys the cell walls of bacteria.肥皂破坏细菌的细胞壁。
• They have locked the prisoners up in their cell.他们已把犯人监禁在小牢房里。

2 appropriate   

adj.适当的，合适的；v.拨出，挪用，盗用

参考例句：

• It is appropriate that he should get the post.由他担任这一职务是恰当的。
• We should take appropriate measures to improve our teaching.我们应当采取适当的措施提高教学质量。

3 rapidly   

adv.快地，迅速地

参考例句：

• The company has grown rapidly in the last five years.这家公司近五年来迅速地发展壮大。
• Ice changes into water rapidly on a hot day.天气炎热的时候，冰很快就化为水。

4 frozen   

adj.冻结的，冰冻的

参考例句：

• He was frozen to death on a snowing night.在一个风雪的晚上，他被冻死了。
• The weather is cold and the ground is frozen.天寒地冻。