时差N小时 好学生应该如何形容?(下)

Look at this old photo of our class at school.

看看这张我们班级的老照片。

Oh yes, there's Simon Studious. He was such a swot. I wonder whatever happened to him.

哦，是的，这是好学生西蒙。他真是个学霸。我想知道他现在发展怎么样。

I heard he started his own software¹ company; he's a multi-millionaire now.

听说他开了一家软件公司，他现在可是个百万富翁。

Oh. Wish I'd worked a bit harder then.

哎。后悔当初我没有发奋学习。

But you don't have to be a student to use this word.

倒也不必用这个词汇来形容。

We can use the verb² form – to swot up – to mean learn more about anything.

我们可以使用其动词形式—刻苦攻读，意味着求知若渴。

So I could say I'm going to swot up on laptops³ because I want to buy a new computer.

所以我可以说我要研究笔记本电脑，因为我想买一台新电脑。

You certainly could.

当然可以。

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 verb   

n.[语]动词

参考例句：

• The sentence is formed from a verb and two nouns.这句子由一个动词和两个名词构成。
• These are the finite forms of a verb.这些是一个动词的限定形式。

3 laptops   

便携式电脑( laptop的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Thousands of children worldwide are already playing and learning with XO laptops. 世界各地上千学童已经透过XO手提电脑嬉戏[和]学习了。
• The recall of the latest laptops costs Dell several million dollars. 由于召回其最新的笔记本电脑产品，戴尔公司损失了好几百万美元。