Helen: Hello welcome to Real English from BBC¹ Learning² English. I’m Helen.

Jean: And I’m Jean.

Helen: Today we’re going to look at words and phrases³ that have recently become part of the English language.

Jean: 在我们的 Real English 地道英语节目中，我们要来学学当今英国最新出现的一些新词汇和新说法。Now Helen, 今天我们要学的新词是什么呢?

Helen: Today’s word is crash. C.R.A.S.H. – crash.

Jean: Crash. 这个词我们好像已经学过了吧？是撞车、坠机、或者是股市冲击的意思嘛。

Helen: You have an excellent memory, we did cover crash before, but today crash has another meaning. Today it’s a computer word. If your computer crashes, it means⁴ it stops working suddenly.

Jean: 那我们今天要学的是 crash 这个词的另外一个意思，就是电脑死机的意思，对吗？

Helen: Yes, and often you lose all the information.

Jean: Crash 这个词也有电脑出现死机，我们有可能失去很多信息的意思。

Helen: That’s right.

Example

A: Why are you still here? I thought you had nearly finished your work?

B: I had, but the computer crashed and I had to start everything again!

Helen: I hate it when my computer crashes.

Jean: Yes me too.

Helen: The other day I spent 20 minutes writing a really long email, then the computer crashed!

Jean: No, and what happened?

Helen: Well I lost the whole message. I had to start again.

Jean: That must be so annoying!

Helen: Very, but luckily my computer doesn’t crash very often.

Jean: That’s good. Let’s hope it stays that way.

Helen: Now, let’s recap. Crash is:

Jean: 当我们的电脑突然死机的时候，我们有可能会失去正在操作的一些信息， Crash 这个词就是电脑死机的意思。 And that’s all we have time for today.

Helen: You’ve been listening to Real English from BBC Learning English. See you next time.

Jean: Bye.