白领英语口语速查 第13期:办公设备(1)

　　办公设备
Office Equipment
电源插座
electric outlets¹ sockets²
A: You need to be careful with the electric outlets.
B: Yeah,they don't look safe.
A: You'd better ask the electrician to fix them.
B: I'll call him right away.
台式电脑/笔记本电脑
desktop³/laptop
A: Would you like to have a desktop or a laptop?
B: Laptop would be better.I can work at home that way.
电脑死机了。
The computer just crashed/froze/died.
A: The computer just crashed.
B: We're in trouble now.
电脑坏了。
The computer is down.
=The computer isn't working.
A: Whenever the computer is down,I don't know what to do.
B: Same here.
复印存档
Make a set of copies for your files.
A: Please make a set of these copies for your files.
B: OK.
扫描
scan
A: Do you want to copy or scan it into an image?
B: I just want to copy it.
纸型
paper size
A: What's the paper size that you want?
B: A4,please.
各复印十份。
ten copies for each one
A: I need ten copies for each one to hand out to the participators in the discussion.
B: OK,two minutes.
怎么了？
What's the matter?
=What seems to be the problem?
A: What's the matter?
B: I don't know how to use the scanner.
面朝上/下
face up/down
A: Do you put the originals face up or down when you copy it?
B: Face up.
出故障
be out of order=be broken=break down
A: The copy machine is out of order.
B: Call for service please.
叫修理工
call/contact a repairman/service man
A: The copy machine doesn't work,did you call a repairman?
B: I was just getting ready to.
用完了
run/be out of...
A: Please help me copy these pages.
B: One moment please.We're out of copy paper.
加纸
add paper
A: Please add some paper to the copier.
B: OK.But the problem is I don't know where the papers are.
分份复印
sorted copies
A: Do you want to make sorted copies?
B: Of course.I don't want to sort it out manually.
装订方式
binder⁴
A: Could you bind⁵ the copies for me?
B: No problem.Just let me know what kind of binder you would like.

1 outlets   

n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店

参考例句：

• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 sockets   

n.套接字，使应用程序能够读写与收发通讯协定(protocol)与资料的程序( Socket的名词复数 )；孔( socket的名词复数 )；（电器上的）插口；托座；凹穴

参考例句：

• All new PCs now have USB sockets. 新的个人计算机现在都有通用串行总线插孔。
• Make sure the sockets in your house are fingerproof. 确保你房中的插座是防触电的。 来自超越目标英语 第4册

3 desktop   

n.桌面管理系统程序；台式

参考例句：

• My computer is a desktop computer of excellent quality.我的计算机是品质卓越的台式计算机。
• Do you know which one is better,a laptop or a desktop?你知道哪一种更好，笔记本还是台式机？

4 binder   

n.包扎物，包扎工具；[法]临时契约；粘合剂；装订工

参考例句：

• The cloth flower snaps on with a special binder.这布花是用一种特殊的粘合剂固定住的。
• Purified water was used as liquid binder.纯净水作为液体粘合剂。

5 bind   

vt.捆，包扎；装订；约束；使凝固；vi.变硬

参考例句：

• I will let the waiter bind up the parcel for you.我让服务生帮你把包裹包起来。
• He wants a shirt that does not bind him.他要一件不使他觉得过紧的衬衫。