美語情景對話 第355期:Classroom Techonology 教室科技

When I was in elementary school, in the 1980's teacher's used to use film projectors so they would put the, they'd put the film reels on the projector and it always took them a long time. It seems like there were always technical difficulties, just like people using powerpoint presentations today. It always takes, it always takes hours to set up, and it was always fun for us when we were in school because we would get a, get a break from studying, and we would get to watch a movie, but they would usually turn off all of the lights, and for us kids, having the lights off meant, meant bedtime, so I can remember, it was, even though it was exciting, it was always very hard to keep my eyes open and I would end up falling asleep before the end of the movie.

上世紀80年代，我上小學的時候，老師通常會用膠片投影機，所以他們會把膠片卷軸放在投影機上，而這個過程通常要花費他們很長的時間。看起來總是會有技術難題，就像人們現在用幻燈片進行演示一樣。這總是會花費數個小時來進行，當然這對當時在學校上課的我們來說很有樂趣，因爲我們可以暫時停止學習，休息一下，我們可以看個電影，但是通常老師會關掉所有的燈，而對我們孩子來說，關燈意味着到睡覺的時間了，所以我記得，當時雖然很興奮，但是我的眼睛幾乎睜不開，在電影結束之前我可能就睡着了。

Ever since we got our first VCR and remote control my dad has been absolutely fascinated with it. He can't stop fiddling with the controls. He turns up the volume, he turns down the volume. He changes the channel. He stops. He pauses. He just can't stop playing with it. We feel he needs to go to a remote control addiction recovery center so he can, he can heal his problems that he has with the remote control and try to have better habbits with it. Keep his hands off of it.

自從我們有了第一臺錄像機和遙控器以來，我爸爸就完全被迷住了。他一直在擺弄遙控器。他會調大音量，然後再調低音量，換臺。停止播放，暫停播放，他就是一直要擺弄那個遙控器。我們覺得他要去遙控器上癮症康復中心，這樣他才能治癒他對遙控器上癮的問題，養成更好的習慣，把手從遙控器上拿開。

重點講解：
1. turn off
關上；關掉；截斷，切斷（…的供應）；
eg. The light's a bit too harsh. You can turn it off.
燈光有點太刺眼了。你可以把燈關掉。
eg. I have to get up and turn off the radio.
我必須起牀關上收音機。
2. fall asleep
入睡；睡着；進入夢鄉；
eg. Sam snuggled down in his pillow and fell asleep.
薩姆舒服地枕着枕頭進入了夢鄉。
eg. Torn between anger and self-reproach, he could hardly fall asleep.
他又是氣憤，又埋怨自己，簡直沒法睡着。
3. ever since
自從；打…以後一直；
eg. Ever since we moved last year, I worry a lot about whether I can handle this new job.
自從去年我們搬家，我就一直非常擔心能否做好這份新工作。
eg. We've been friends ever since we met at school.
自從我們在學校認識之後，我們就一直是好朋友。
4. fiddle with
擺弄；撥弄；
eg. Harriet fiddled with a pen on the desk.
哈麗雅特擺弄着桌上的鋼筆。
eg. Don't fiddle with the typewriter.
不要擺弄那架打字機了。
5. turn up/down
開大，調高（收音機、暖氣等）/關小；調低；
eg. Bill would turn up the TV in the other room.
比爾會把另一個房間裏的電視聲音開大。
eg. He kept turning the central heating down.
他不斷調低中央暖氣的溫度。