和老外聊天的地道口語第51期:網上聊天

Mark: do you have internet in your room?

Peter: sure, I am a total internet junkie, I can't survive without internet.

M: really? What do you usually do online?

P: well, there are a lot of things, like reading news, email, shopping, etc. but mostly I chat online. You could say I'm addicted to online chatting.

M: I never chatted online before. What's it like.

P: well, basically it's similar to face-to-face chat, but you type instead of talk. You should try it at least once.

M: really? Who do you chat with?

P: to people all over the world! I have a lot of net pals. See, the magic of internet is that it connects people from all over the world. You can chat with someone thousands of miles away as if they were just next to you. But I also use it to chat with my brother in India and other friends abroad.

M: that's amazing. I will install an online messenger program when I get home.

P: well, my suggestion for a newbie like you is that don't get lost in the cyberspace. You know internet won't do the filtration for you, so you still need to use your judgement. There are a lot of people on the internet who might try to take advantage of you.

M: don't worry.



你的房間裏能上網嗎?
當然能啊,我是網迷,沒有網一天都不行.
真的嗎?你上網通常都做些什麼?
哦,可以做很多事情,比如說讀新聞郵件,網上購物等.但是做的最多的還是網上聊天,你可以說我我對網上聊天很過癮.
我從來沒在網上聊過天,網上聊天是什麼樣子的?
基本上和麪對面聊天沒什麼區別.不過網上聊天的時候,你打字而不是說話.你至少應該嘗試一次.
真的嗎?你都和誰聊呢?
和全世界的人!我有很多網友.你看,網絡的神奇之處就在於它把全世界的人聯繫在一起了,即使相隔萬里,聊起來也像近在眼前一樣.不過我上網也和在印度的弟弟以及其他在國外的朋友聊.
真不錯!我回去以後就下載個上網聊天的程序.
對於你這樣一個網絡新手,我的建議就是千萬別在網絡中迷失自我.你知道網絡不會幫你過濾,所以你還是要有自己的判斷力,網上有很多人可能會利用你.
別擔心,沒事兒.

Addicted: spending all your free time doing sth because you are so interested in it 入迷
Her son is addicted to computer games. 她的兒子對電腦遊戲入了迷.

Chat: to talk in a friendly informal way to sb 閒聊;閒談;聊天
My kids spend hours chatting on the phone to their friends.
我的幾個孩子在電話上和朋友聊天一聊就是幾個小時.
Within minutes of being introduced they were chatting away like old friends.
他們經人介紹認識才幾分鐘，便一見如故地聊個沒完.
What were you chatting about?
你們聊了些什麼?

Install: to fix equipment or furniture into position so that it can be used 安裝;設置
He's getting a phone installed tomorrow.
他明天要裝電話.
The hotel chain has recently installed a new booking system.
這家連鎖旅館最近安裝了新的預訂系統。
I'll need some help installing the software.
我得找人幫忙安裝這份軟件.

Newbie: a person who is new and has little experience in doing sth, especially in computing novice （尤指計算機方面的）新手
A list of search engines would be useful for newbies like me.
一系列搜索引擎的清單將有助於像我這樣的新手.

Filtration: the process of filtering a liquid or gas 過濾；濾清；濾除

Get lost:迷失

Internet junkie:沉迷於網絡的人

Take advantage of: 欺騙;佔...的便宜
He has always been taking advantage of me.
他老是佔我的便宜.