白领快餐口语第38期:真是个令人兴奋的消息

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Better office equipment
A：It is really exciting news.
B：What news?
A：You don’t know? The company is going to replace these old computers with the latest ones.
B：You know what we will get?
A：We will all get a docking station on our own desk from which you can remove your laptop easily. And if you come back to office, you just reconnect your laptop with docking station.
B：What docking station?
A：This is a kind of socket¹ mounted to your desk. The socket has all the wire connections of the company line and all the other office automation equipments, like fax, copier, a screen, printer and scanner, and it will be very convenient.
B：Another big step forward in saving on our office equipment, I don’t need a desktop² anymore. A laptop is enough.
Translation】
更好的办公设备
A:真是个令人兴奋的消息。
B:什么消息？
A:你不知道？公司要把咱们的旧电脑换成新的了
B:换成什么型号的？
A:每个人的办公桌上都装一个笔记型计算机船坞，以后我们离开办公室，轻轻就拔掉了，回来的时候，再装上就行了。
B:什么是笔记型计算机船坞？
A:这是一种和办公桌连在一起的插孔。这个插座可以连办公室的所有的电线，包括传真机，复印机，显示屏，打印机和扫描机，以后就方便多了。
B:同时还可以省了不少仪器的花费，以后就不需要桌子了，一个笔记本就够了。

1 socket   

n.窝，穴，孔，插座，插口

参考例句：

• He put the electric plug into the socket.他把电插头插入插座。
• The battery charger plugs into any mains socket.这个电池充电器可以插入任何类型的电源插座。

2 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？