【英语趣味课堂】碰见他-Meet Him

 Todd: OK, Hello!

 

Nanju: Hello!

 

Todd: Hi, what's your name?

 

Nanju: Yeah, my name is Nanju.

 

Todd: Nanju. Nanju, how do you spell you name?

 

Nanju: Yeah, my name is like N-A-N-J-U.

 

Todd: Oh, OK. That's a nice name. Nanju. And where are you from?

 

Nanju: I'm from Madras.

 

Todd: Madras!

 

Nanju: It's in India.

 

Todd: Madras. What part of India?

 

Nanju: It's in the South India.

 

Todd: South India.

 

Nanju: South India.

 

Todd: And how long have you been in Japan?

 

Nanju: The past four months I am here and working in somewhere, working.

 

Todd: OK, and what do you do in Japan?

 

Nanju: It's normal, a software¹ engineer.

 

Todd: Software engineer. Oh, you can help me with my computer.

 

Nanju: No, nothing. Just I know how to program and that's it.

 

Todd: Were you always good at computers when you were young?

 

Nanju: Yeah, I might be, from the 12th standard². like 18th years. From 18 years I am working with the computer.

 

学习内容：

 

Learn Vocabulary³ from the lesson

spell

 

How do you spell your name?

 

To "spell" a word is to say the letters in the correct order.  Notice the following:

 

Can you spell the name of the company?

I'm not very good at spelling.

past

 

The past four months.

 

The "past four months" is the most recent four months, starting now and going into the past.  Notice the following:

 

In the past I worked in a post office.

He has lived in Ireland⁴ for the past four years.

What do you do?

 

What do you do in Japan?

 

"What do you do?" is like asking "What is your job?"  Notice the following:

 

What does she do now?

What did you do for your first job?

that's it

 

I know how to program and that's it.

 

"That's it" is another way to say "that's all" or "nothing more." In the example, the speaker is only good at programming⁵ computers, not fixing them.   Notice the following:

 

Just push the button to start the machine and that's it.

I ate apple and some crackers⁶ and that's it.

good at computers

 

Were you always good at computers?

 

If you are "good at something" you have excellent abilities in that area.  In this example, the person is good at programming computers.  Notice the following:

 

He was very good with numbers when he was a child.

She is good at public speaking.

 

1 software   

n.软件，程序设计

参考例句：

• He bought a new software package.他买了一个新的软件包。
• I wish I knew how the software is installed.我真希望我知道这个软件是如何安装的。

2 standard   

n.标准，水准，水平；规格，规范，规定；旗帜；adj.标准的，一般的

参考例句：

• He wrote in standard English.他用标准英文写作。
• Their standard of living is very low.他们的生活水平很低。

3 vocabulary   

n.词汇，词汇量；词汇表

参考例句：

• How can I widen my vocabulary?怎样扩大自己的词汇量？
• You can find all the new words in the vocabulary of the text.你能在课文的词汇表中找到所有的生词。

4 Ireland   

n.爱尔兰(西欧国家)；爱尔兰岛(西欧)

参考例句：

• Ireland lies to the west of England.爱尔兰位于英格兰之西。
• Dublin is the capital of Ireland.都柏林是爱尔兰的首都。

5 programming   

n.编程，规划， 设计

参考例句：

• There are some programming errors that need correction.有一些程式错误需要修改。
• He asked his teacher to expand on the steps of programming.他要老师进一步阐述编制程序的步骤。

6 crackers   

adj.精神错乱的，癫狂的n.爆竹( cracker的名词复数 )；薄脆饼干；（认为）十分愉快的事；迷人的姑娘

参考例句：

• That noise is driving me crackers. 那噪声闹得我简直要疯了。
• We served some crackers and cheese as an appetiser. 我们上了些饼干和奶酪作为开胃品。 来自《简明英汉词典》