美語情景對話 第1243期:How did you learn English? 如何學習英語

Katya: Hello everybody, I'm Katya from Bulgaria.

卡蒂亞：大家好，我是卡蒂亞，來自保加利亞。

Ayumi: I'm Ayumi from Brazil.

亞由美：我是亞由美，來自巴西。

Katya: And today's question is what is a technology that we no longer use? Is there something you no longer use?

卡蒂亞：今天的問題是，我們不再使用哪些技術？有沒有什麼技術是我們不再使用的？

Ayumi: It's kind of difficult to tell because I never use technology acturally. I'm really bad in things in terms of technology. I mean I already broke two computers and a CD player. But talking about which, there was an MP player that my father gave me for my birthday present five years ago and since I have a computer right now, I'm all the time listening to music on YouTube or downloading music, or iPhone, so I don't use the MP3 player any more. What about you?

亞由美：這有點兒難回答，因爲我從來不使用技術。我不擅長使用科技類產品。我已經用壞了兩臺電腦和一個CD播放器。不過至於不再使用的技術，五年前我生日的時候我爸爸送了我一個MP3，由於我現在已經有電腦了，所以我一直在youtube上聽音樂或下載音樂，或是用蘋果手機聽歌，我已經不再用MP3了。你呢？

Katya: I never had an MP player. I had a cassette player and then I had a CD player. I don't even use my CD player any more because it's so much easier listening on your iPod.

卡蒂亞：我從沒用過MP3。我有一個卡帶機，還有一個CD播放機。我已經不再用CD播放機了，因爲現在在iPod上聽音樂更方便。

Ayumi: Yeah.

亞由美：對。

Katya: Also video tapes when you used to watch movies on video tapes. I don't even use DVDs any more. I always watch everything on my computer. You can fit your whole technological world in your computer.

卡蒂亞：還有以前用來看電影的錄影帶。我已經不再用DVD看電影了。我通常在電腦上看視頻。電腦適用於整個科技世界。

Ayumi: That's true.

亞由美：沒錯。

Katya: There are a lot of technologies like that. You remember using it as a child but no more. Also video platforms, there are a lot of video game platforms that are no longer on the market, like .... the first video game we have.

卡蒂亞：有很多這種技術。有很多小時候使用的技術現在已經不再用了。比如視頻平臺，有很多電子遊戲平臺已經退出市場了，比如我們玩的第一個電子遊戲。

Ayumi: That's right.

亞由美：沒錯。

Katya: They are no longer there. Even the old Game Boys, nobody uses a Game Boy any more.

卡蒂亞：現在已經沒有了。甚至現在連掌上游戲機都沒人玩了。

Ayumi: I do still.

亞由美：我還在玩。

Katya: That's good.

卡蒂亞：那很好。

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重點講解：
1. no longer 不再；已不；
例句：You will no longer have a use for the magazines.
你再也用不着這些雜誌了。
2. in terms of 在…方面；從…角度看；根據…來說；
例句：In terms of quantity, production grew faster than ever before.
從數量上看，產量增長的速度比以往任何時期都要快。
3. right now 現在；此時此刻；
例句：Right now, I've got other problems that are pressing on me.
現在又有其他一些問題困擾着我。
4. all the time 一直；始終；
例句：I got a new job this year where I am on the go all the time.
我今年找了份新工作，一直忙得不可開交。