英語聽力文章:About School

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but I'm always at school by a quarter past eight,
     in fact. Erm, we finish at four o'clock 4 days a
     week, and I usually do go home at four o'clock,
     and I'm usually home by half past four. Wednesday
     afternoon is free, so we finish at twelve o'clock
     on Wednesday.
    1--How long have you been intereted in computers, Sue?
    2--Interested. I suppose I got interested when I did
     my master's degree.
    1--What sort of things do you do with your computer?
    2--Well, I use my computer, personally, as a word
     processor, quite a lot, but I also use it for playing
     around creating programs.
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    注解:
    1)How long have you been interested in computers?
    此句直譯:你對計(jì)算機(jī)感興趣有多長時(shí)間了?
    2)I got interested in...:got是系動詞,與be interested
    相比,前者強(qiáng)調(diào)"action",后者強(qiáng)調(diào)"state"。
    3)master's degree:碩士學(xué)位。大學(xué)授予的學(xué)位分三級,最低
    級稱作“學(xué)士”(Bachelor's degree),中級稱“碩士”,級
    稱“博士”(Doctor's degree)。
    4)sort:種類,類別。與kind同義。
    5)word processor:文字處理機(jī)。
    6)play around creating programs:他在計(jì)算機(jī)上編制
    程序等等只是為了娛樂消遣,并非正經(jīng)的工作,所以才這樣
    說。play around作"spend time having fun","to amuse oneself
    with..."解。
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    譯文:
    1--你一個(gè)星期工作多少小時(shí),休?
    2--我們早上必須9點(diǎn)開始工作。但實(shí)際上我總是8點(diǎn)
    15分就到學(xué)校了。每個(gè)星期有四個(gè)下午是4點(diǎn)結(jié)束
    工作。所以我經(jīng)常是4點(diǎn)鐘就往家走。4點(diǎn)半鐘到家。星期
    三下午沒事,所以我們星期三中午12點(diǎn)就完事了。
    1--休,你從什么時(shí)間起對計(jì)算機(jī)感興趣的?
    2--我想是從碩士學(xué)位時(shí)我就對計(jì)算機(jī)感興趣。
    1--你都用計(jì)算機(jī)干些什么事?
    2--嗬,我自己是用計(jì)算機(jī)進(jìn)行文字處理,用得很多,
    但有時(shí)也用計(jì)算機(jī)編程序取樂。