英語幽默精讀【93】A Talk on the Phone
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 colon, back- slash, 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 spy?"
※ Notes
?。?） computer language 計算機語言
?。?） refrigerator n. 冰箱
?。?） backslash n. 回車
（4） greater than大于號
?。?） DOS 計算機語言中的DOS處理
※ Exercises
根據短文回答下列問題：
?、?What does the teacher teach?
② With what do students call her at home?
?、?Who was in the teacher's house when she was on the phone?
④ Was it a long talk?
?、?Why did the repairman think she was a spy?
※ 譯文
電話交談
我教計算機課程，我的學生經常打電話到我家問我問題。一天早晨，我在電話里用計算機語言解釋一個問題的答案，當時一個維修工正在給我修電冰箱。經過一連串的“C冒號，回車，大于號，CD，回車，DOS，C冒號”等等，我掛上電話發現那位維修工在盯著我。“女士，”他問，“你是個間諜嗎？”
※ 練習參考答案
① She teaches computer courses.
?、?Questions.
?、?A repairman.
?、?Yes, it was.
?、?Because the repairman didn't understand computer language.
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