早安英文 第131期: 美国人平时上网干嘛呢

 英语学习笔记：

torture vt. 拷问

flourish v. 茂盛；繁荣

necessity n. 需要；必需品

My first time online was playing the game Half Life. Really violent. Blood. Aliens. Ripped apart body limbs.

我第一次触网是玩一款叫半条命的游戏。非常暴力血腥，各种外星人，四肢乱飞。

Back then it was weird¹ because it was all tied up with the phone bill since it all went through the same line. I can’t really remember the price but it was high enough that I would hear my ma complain about it.

有些奇怪，当时的费用是和电话费记在一起的。我不太记得具体是多少钱，但肯定挺贵的，我以前有听到我老妈抱怨这个。

Advantages? Of course all the information! we are all geniuses because of the internet. Anything you want to know is just a few clicks away. And art. Art is able to flourish with people making TV shows, music, and all forms of media like never before.

优点吗？当然是所有的信息 ！因为互联网的存在我们都变成了天才。任何你想知道的东西只需要几个点击。还有一个优点就是艺术。可以让够以前从未有过的媒体，像人们制作的电视节目，音乐，还有其他所有形式的媒体等等都蓬勃发展。

And WeChat is ok. It’s got some pretty cool features. OH! And I love how you can get so many good deals by scanning the codes with WeChat. You can pay for things and get deals, it’s really convenient.

微信！它有一些很酷的功能，我超爱，你可以通过扫描二维码付款交易，它是真的很方便。

Apple I think is still up for debate after Stevejobs died. Only time will tell. People don’t really have an opinion about adobe². They all just see it as a necessity. It’s like having an opinion about water. I mean, if you want to use the internet, you’ve GOT to have Adobe Flash.

我认为苹果在乔布斯去世后仍然存在争议。只有时间会告诉我们。人们对 adobe 没有什么看法。他们都只是看到了它的必要的作用。就像水一样。我的意思是，如果你想要使用互联网，你就得有 Adobe Flash。

1 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

2 adobe   

n.泥砖，土坯，美国Adobe公司

参考例句：

• They live in an adobe house.他们住在一间土坯屋里。
• Adobe bricks must drived dried completely before are used.土坯砖块使用前一定要完全干燥。