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Dennis: So where do I get started? It has so many functions….
Laura: First, let’s set up your e-mail. Go to Settings and click Add E-mail.
Dennis: OK, done. That was a 1)cinch. What is Location Services?
Laura: It uses GPS to track your position, and can help you find your phone if you lose it.
Dennis: But I don’t want everyone knowing where I am all the time!
Laura: Then you can turn it off. 2)Geez. You seem kind of 3)paranoid.
Dennis: I just like my privacy. That’s all.
Laura: OK, OK. Now look at all these 4)apps you have.
丹尼斯: 那要從哪裡開始?功能好多……。
蘿 拉: 首先,先設定你的電子信箱。先到設定,然後按新增電子信箱。
丹尼斯: 好了,完成了,這倒是很簡單。什麼是位置服務?
蘿 拉: 那是用全球定位系統追蹤你的位置,如果你手機掉了,就能幫你找到。
丹尼斯: 但我可不想讓大家隨時都知道我人在哪裡!
蘿 拉: 那你把它關掉就好啦,天啊,你也太疑神疑鬼了吧。
丹尼斯: 我只是喜歡有個人隱私而已。
蘿 拉: 好吧,好吧。現在來看看你有哪些應用程式。

 

好用句

get the hang of… 抓到……的竅門

hang 有「竅門」、「做法或用法」之意, 片語get / have the hang of... 即指「抓到…… 的竅門,對……上手」,如You’re getting the hang of it.「你漸漸抓到竅門囉」和I’ve got the hang of it.「我已經上手啦」。 

A: Can you eat with chopsticks?
你會用筷子吃飯嗎?

B: Not very well, but I’m starting to get the hang of it.
不是很會用,不過我越來越上手了。


Vocabulary


1) cinch (n.) 容易、有把握的事
The history quiz was a cinch.

2) geez (int.)(驚奇、憤怒、挫折等)的感嘆語,也可寫作jeez
Geez, you don’t have to yell at me!

3) paranoid (a.) 疑神疑鬼的,(醫)偏執狂的
Jessica is really paranoid about losing her job.

4) app (n.) 應用軟體,(application 的簡寫,尤指智慧型手機)
Did you download that new app I told you about?


文章出處:聯合電子報

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