在购买我的第一部CD唱机时,我能够解读推销标记上面的大多数技术语言。但是有一个标示却让我颇为迷惑,于是我叫过销售商,问道:‘混合脉冲D/A变换器’是什么意思?它的意思是,她说,这个机器能够读CD碟上加码的数字信息,将它转换成声音信息-也就是说,转换成音乐。换句话说,这个CD唱机能够播放CD碟。正是如此。

彼得和拉里之间公平的决斗

Little Pete came home from the playground with a bloody1 nose, black eye, and torn clothing。

小彼得从操场回到家时,鼻子流血、黑眼圈及被撕破了衣服。

It was obvious he‘d been in a bad fight and lost。 His father asked his son what happened。 “Well, Dad,” said Pete, “I challenged Larry to a duel2。 And, you know, I gave him his choice of weapons。”

显然他刚与人恶斗了一番,而且打输了。父亲问儿子发生了什么事。“噢,爸爸,彼得说,我向拉里挑起决斗,而且我让他挑选武器。

“Uh-huh,” said the father, “that seems fair。”

“嗯,”父亲说,“这看上去很公平!”

“I know, but I never thought he‘d choose his sister!”

“我知道,但我没想到他选择了他姐姐!”

你会选择救出哪一幅画呢

A newspaper organized a contest for the best answer to the question: “If a fire broke out in the Louvre, and if you could only save one painting, which one would you carry out?”

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