情景交际-电脑罢工之后

 　　J: I've lost all my files from the computer. It's a total disaster.

　　C: How did that happen?

　　J: three days ago, my laptop went on strike. I couldn't enter the Windows system. As I was about to give it up, one of my friends advised me to start Windows in the safe mode.

　　C: was it helpful?

　　W: yeah, I could barely get it started using the safe mode, but when the computer was connected to the internet, its hard disk roared a harsh rasping sound. After a while, it crashed into a coma¹.

　　C: what a pity!

　　W: yeah, I can buy a new computer, but the digital data can never be restored. My digital photos vanish forever. Audio recordings² of Grandpa are slienced forever.

　　C: that's such a big loss.

　　J: perhaps I should be blamed for simply taking it for granted that the digital will always be in safe hands. I've neglected the potential risk of losing it.

　　C: don't blame yourself. We all make the same mistake. The digital information we all rely on is actually very fragile.

1 coma   

n.昏迷，昏迷状态

参考例句：

• The patient rallied from the coma.病人从昏迷中苏醒过来。
• She went into a coma after swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills.她吃了一整瓶安眠药后就昏迷过去了。

2 recordings   

n.记录( recording的名词复数 )；录音；录像；唱片

参考例句：

• a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
• old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐