Conversation:
A: Oh, great. This stupid computer froze again. That's the third time today. Hey, Samuel, can you come take a look at my PC? It's acting up again. It must have a virus or something.
哦,这该死的电脑又不能用了。这已经是今天的第三次了。你好,撒母耳,能帮我检查一下我的电脑吗?它又出现这种情况,一定是有病毒或其它问题。
B: Just give me a second, I'll be right up. I ran a virus scan on your computer and it turns out that you have a lot of infected files.
稍等一下,我马上过来。我在你的电脑上运行的病毒扫描。结果显示,你有很多文件感染了病毒。
A: But I'm quite careful when I'm browsing the Internet. I have no idea how I could have picked up a virus.
但我浏览网页时都很小心的,我不清楚这是怎么感上病毒的。
B: Well, you have to make sure that your anti-virus software is updated regularly. Yours wasn't up to date, that's probably what was causing your problems.
那么你必须确认你有定时更新你的杀毒软件。
A: Okay, anything else?
好的,还有其它原因吗?
B: Yeah. Try not to kick or hit the computer.
尽量不要踢或拍打电脑。
A: Yeah, sorry about that.
好的,这个实在抱歉。
Notes:
virus表示“病毒”。a virus infection病毒感染;the flu virus流感病毒。
froze是freeze的过去式,表示“冻结;凝固;冻住”。Two men froze to death on the mountain.两个男子在山上冻死了。
act up有“捣蛋”,“出毛病”的意思。例句:He sometimes likes to act up in class.有时候他喜欢在课堂上捣蛋。The car's engine is beginning to act up again.车的引擎又开始出毛病了。
up to date表示“现代的;最新的;时髦的”up-to-date equipment最新的设备。It makes sense to buy the most up-to-date version.买最新的版本是明智的。I can't find this street. Are you sure this map is up to date?我找不到这条街,你确定这张地图是最新的吗?
I'll be right up.表示“我一会就到”;类似的I'll be right down.我一会就下来。I'll be right out.我一会就出来。
It turns out(that)表示“原来是/结果是”Frank didn't come to work today and it turns out he's sick.弗兰克今天没有来上班,原来是生病了。