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.

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