Put “sailing ships” into one of the search engines.
對(duì)話 Glyn：I've just been to the library but had no luck at all.
Cecil：What were you after?
Gyln：I was trying to get some information on sailing ships for an article I'm writing.
Cecil：Why don't you go on the net and put "sailing ships" into one of the search engines, like Google or Yahoo? I'm sure you'll get tons of information.
Glyn：Oh, I hadn't thought of that.
Cecil：What planet are you on?
格林：我剛剛?cè)ミ^(guò)圖書(shū)館，但是徒勞無(wú)功。
塞梭：你想找什么？
格林：我要找些帆船的資料，用來(lái)寫(xiě)一篇文章。
塞梭：你為什么不上網(wǎng)，把‘帆船’二字輸入一個(gè)搜尋引擎，例如Google或雅虎？你一定會(huì)獲得大量數(shù)據(jù)。
格林：啊，我可沒(méi)有想到這個(gè)辦法。
塞梭：你是活在哪個(gè)行星上的？
今天這段對(duì)話的最后一句What planet are you on?和to be from/on another planet（來(lái)自另一行星/在另一行星上）一樣，是說(shuō)人家脫離現(xiàn)實(shí)或不切實(shí)際，例如：You must be from another planet. How can you expect her, a young woman with a medical degree, to stay at home and do housework after marriage?（你真荒唐！她年輕，有醫(yī)科學(xué)位，婚后怎能要她留在家里做家務(wù)？）。
留意I was trying to get some information on sailing ships一語(yǔ)。Information（數(shù)據(jù)）是不可數(shù)名詞(uncountable noun)，多少都不可說(shuō)informations或an information，其后則可用介系詞on或about表示 ‘關(guān)于（某方面的資料）’，例如：I have an important piece of information about/on this matter（我有一項(xiàng)關(guān)于這件事的重要數(shù)據(jù)）。
上網(wǎng)找數(shù)據(jù)，可利用一些特設(shè)的站臺(tái)，即search engine，例如：(1) Two of the most popular search engines on the Internet are Google and Yahoo（互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上兩個(gè)深受歡迎的搜尋引擎是Google和雅虎）。(2) Indexing a myriad of websites, Yam is a search engine particularly useful for finding information in Chinese（番薯藤可檢索無(wú)數(shù)網(wǎng)站。這個(gè)搜尋引擎對(duì)找尋中文數(shù)據(jù)尤其有用）。
Yam這個(gè)字，本來(lái)就是指‘番薯’，例如：I like roasted yams（我愛(ài)吃烤番薯）?！硖佟?dāng)是取‘攀引至其它網(wǎng)站’含義。Yahoo則是表示興奮的叫聲，例如：Yahoo, I've got a job!（呵呵，我找到工作了！）然則‘雅虎’應(yīng)是指找到數(shù)據(jù)時(shí)興奮大叫
對(duì)話 Glyn：I've just been to the library but had no luck at all.
Cecil：What were you after?
Gyln：I was trying to get some information on sailing ships for an article I'm writing.
Cecil：Why don't you go on the net and put "sailing ships" into one of the search engines, like Google or Yahoo? I'm sure you'll get tons of information.
Glyn：Oh, I hadn't thought of that.
Cecil：What planet are you on?
格林：我剛剛?cè)ミ^(guò)圖書(shū)館，但是徒勞無(wú)功。
塞梭：你想找什么？
格林：我要找些帆船的資料，用來(lái)寫(xiě)一篇文章。
塞梭：你為什么不上網(wǎng)，把‘帆船’二字輸入一個(gè)搜尋引擎，例如Google或雅虎？你一定會(huì)獲得大量數(shù)據(jù)。
格林：啊，我可沒(méi)有想到這個(gè)辦法。
塞梭：你是活在哪個(gè)行星上的？
今天這段對(duì)話的最后一句What planet are you on?和to be from/on another planet（來(lái)自另一行星/在另一行星上）一樣，是說(shuō)人家脫離現(xiàn)實(shí)或不切實(shí)際，例如：You must be from another planet. How can you expect her, a young woman with a medical degree, to stay at home and do housework after marriage?（你真荒唐！她年輕，有醫(yī)科學(xué)位，婚后怎能要她留在家里做家務(wù)？）。
留意I was trying to get some information on sailing ships一語(yǔ)。Information（數(shù)據(jù)）是不可數(shù)名詞(uncountable noun)，多少都不可說(shuō)informations或an information，其后則可用介系詞on或about表示 ‘關(guān)于（某方面的資料）’，例如：I have an important piece of information about/on this matter（我有一項(xiàng)關(guān)于這件事的重要數(shù)據(jù)）。
上網(wǎng)找數(shù)據(jù)，可利用一些特設(shè)的站臺(tái)，即search engine，例如：(1) Two of the most popular search engines on the Internet are Google and Yahoo（互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上兩個(gè)深受歡迎的搜尋引擎是Google和雅虎）。(2) Indexing a myriad of websites, Yam is a search engine particularly useful for finding information in Chinese（番薯藤可檢索無(wú)數(shù)網(wǎng)站。這個(gè)搜尋引擎對(duì)找尋中文數(shù)據(jù)尤其有用）。
Yam這個(gè)字，本來(lái)就是指‘番薯’，例如：I like roasted yams（我愛(ài)吃烤番薯）?！硖佟?dāng)是取‘攀引至其它網(wǎng)站’含義。Yahoo則是表示興奮的叫聲，例如：Yahoo, I've got a job!（呵呵，我找到工作了！）然則‘雅虎’應(yīng)是指找到數(shù)據(jù)時(shí)興奮大叫