93.A Talk on the Phone

　　I teach computer courses, and my students often call me at home with questions. One morning I was on the phone, explaining in computer language the solution to a problem, while a repairman was fixing my refrigerator. After an endless stream of "C colon¹, back- slash², greater than, cd, backslash, DOS, 0 colon" and so on, I hung up and found the repairman staring at me. "Lady," he asked, are you a spy³?"

Notes:

　　(1) computer language 计算机语言

　　(2) refrigerator n. 冰箱

　　(3) backslash n. 回车

　　(4) greater than大于号

　　(5) DOS 计算机语言中的DOS处理

Exercises:

根据短文回答下列问题：

　　① What does the teacher teach?

　　② With what do students call her at home?

　　③ Who was in the teacher's house when she was on the phone?

　　④ Was it a long talk?

　　⑤ Why did the repairman think she was a spy?

93.电话交谈

　　我教计算机课程，我的学生经常打电话到我家问我问题。一天早晨，我在电话里用计算机语言解释一个问题的答案，当时一个维修工正在给我修电冰箱。经过一连串的“C冒号，回车，大于号，CD，回车，DOS，C冒号”等等，我挂上电话发现那位维修工在盯着我。“女士，”他问，“你是个间谍吗？”

练习参考答案：

    ① She teaches computer courses.

　　② Questions.

　　③ A repairman.

　　④ Yes, it was.

　　⑤ Because the repairman didn't understand computer language.

1 colon   

n.冒号，结肠，直肠

参考例句：

• Here,too,the colon must be followed by a dash.这里也是一样，应当在冒号后加破折号。
• The colon is the locus of a large concentration of bacteria.结肠是大浓度的细菌所在地。

2 slash   

vi.大幅度削减；vt.猛砍，尖锐抨击，大幅减少；n.猛砍，斜线，长切口，衣衩

参考例句：

• The shop plans to slash fur prices after Spring Festival.该店计划在春节之后把皮货降价。
• Don't slash your horse in that cruel way.不要那样残忍地鞭打你的马。

3 spy   

n.间谍，侦探，侦察；vt.侦察，找出，发现；vi.做密探，侦查

参考例句：

• I'm sure my neighbours spy on me.我肯定邻居暗中监视我。
• The spy never told his family about his underground activities.那个间谍从来不把他的地下活动告诉他的家人。