購買電腦的英語口語情景對話

ALEX: Can I help you?

SHERRY: Yes, I need to buy a computer for this semester.

I was told it is cheaper to buy computers here.

ALEX: Well, you heard right.

You can get an excellent deal on a new computer here.

We have great discounts for students.

SHERRY: I don't know much about computers.

But I know I want a desktop computer with a lot of memory. And I need a printer.

ALEX: Well, first let's consider your computer.

Here, for example, is a system I highly recommend--the Power Macintosh G3.

It comes with 64 megabytes of total memory.

SHERRY: Is that a lot? Sixty-four?

ALEX: Yes, it is. It should be enough for any student needs you might have.

What department are you in?

SHERRY: History.

ALEX: Well, so you will mostly be using word processing, for writing papers.

I recommend the Corel Word Perfect program for word processing.

We can talk about software later. Let's talk about your hardware first.

We have a special deal on right now.

I should tell you about it, as it only goes until next Tuesday.

If you buy one of these fifteen-inch color monitors with a Power Macintosh G3,

you can actually get 30 percent off the usual sale price.

SHERRY: Thirty percent?

ALEX: Yes.

SHERRY: Wow. That's really good.

And you think this is really a good system for a graduate student?

ALEX: Yes. It's an excellent system.

SHERRY: Hmm. Hey, wait. This has an Apple on it. Is this an Apple computer?

ALEX: Yes, it's a Macintosh. It's Apple. Macintosh and Apple are the same thing.

SHERRY: I don't want Macintosh. I want PC.

ALEX: I'm sorry, but our university computer center only sells Macintosh equipment.

SHERRY: What? Are you serious?

ALEX: Yes.

SHERRY: But nobody uses Macintosh!

ALEX: That's not true.

Most of the students and professors in the university here use Macintosh.

They find it is better for writing and word-processing,

and that is what students mostly do. May I ask where you're from?

SHERRY: Yes, I'm from Taiwan.

ALEX: Well, I know that in most Asian countries Apple is not very popular.

But here in America, especially in universities and publishing companies,

Apple is very commonly used.

SHERRY: But I need a computer that can handle writing in Chinese.

ALEX: There are several Chinese writing programs you can use with Macintosh.

Chinese is no problem for Apple.

SHERRY: Hmm.

I think I should ask some of my friends for advice before I make a decision.

I'm sorry.

ALEX: No, don't be sorry. It's reasonable to ask your friends.

But believe me, most of the students here in the university--

Asian students included--most of them use Apple.

SHERRY: Well, thanks for your advice. I will probably come back later.

ALEX: You're very welcome. Here is my card, if you need any help.

亞歷克斯：我可以幫你嗎？

雪莉：是的，這學期我需要買一台電腦，

人家告訴我這裏的電腦比較便宜。

亞歷克斯：的確，你聽到的是對的。

在這買新電腦你可以拿到很不錯的價格，

我們給學生很大的`折扣。

雪莉：我對電腦瞭解不多，

但是我知道我要一台有很大內存的桌上電腦，而且我還要一台打印機。

亞歷克斯：好的，我們先考慮你要的電腦。

我極力推薦這兒的一套系統－麥金塔 G3。

它的總內存為六十四百萬位元。

雪莉：那很多嗎？六十四？

亞歷克斯：是的，對任何學生的需求應該是足夠了。

你是什麼系的？

雪莉：歷史系。

亞歷克斯：好的，所以你會常用文字處理來寫報告。

我推薦 Corel Word Perfect 程式來做文字處理。

我們待會再來談軟件，先談硬件吧。

我們現在有特價，

我應該告訴你，因為只持續到星期二為止。

如果你購買這套有麥金塔 G3 的 15 寸彩色主機，

事實上就可以有平常售價的七折。

雪莉：七折？

亞歷克斯：是的。

雪莉：哇，太好了。

你覺得對一個研究生而言，這是一個很好的系統嗎？

亞歷克斯：是的，它是很棒的系統。

雪莉：嗯。嘿，等等，這上面有個蘋果記號，這是蘋果電腦嗎？

亞歷克斯：是的，是麥金塔，也是蘋果機。麥金塔和蘋果機是一樣的。

雪莉：我不想要麥金塔，我要個人電腦。

亞歷克斯：很抱歉，但是大學的電腦中心只賣麥金塔設備。

雪莉：什麼？説真的嗎？

亞歷克斯：是的。

雪莉：可是沒有人用麥金塔。

亞歷克斯：不會啊，

這所大學大部分的學生和教授都用麥金塔。

他們發現這套系統對寫作和文字處理比較好，

而且大多數學生都在使用它。我可以問你從哪來的呢？

雪莉：我是台灣來的。

亞歷克斯：我知道蘋果電腦在亞洲大多數的國家並不是很流行。

但在美國這裏，尤其是大學和出版社裏，

使用蘋果電腦是非常普遍的。

雪莉：但是我需要一台可以處理中文寫作的電腦。

亞歷克斯：有一些中文的寫作程式可以在麥金塔上使用，

對蘋果電腦而言，中文不是問題。

雪莉：嗯……

我想在做決定前請教我一些朋友的建議。

很抱歉。

亞歷克斯：不會，不需要抱歉。問你朋友是合理的，

但是相信我，這所大學大多數的學生─-

包括亞洲的學生，大部分都使用蘋果電腦。

雪莉：好的，謝謝你的建議，我可能之後會再回來。

亞歷克斯：非常歡迎。這是我的名片，如果你需要任何幫忙的話