零食防止電腦當機
Hank and Cindy are both graduate students. They are in a laboratory.
漢克和辛迪都是研究生。 他們在實驗室裡。
graduate student研究生lab=laboratory實驗室
Hank: Ugh. The computer keeps going out of order.
漢克：噢，電腦一直故障。
out of order故障
Cindy: What’s wrong?
辛迪：怎麼了？
Hank: I just can’t run the data I need.
漢克：電腦跑不出我要的數據。
run(v.)運行、執行、run a test執行測試data資料
Cindy: Oh no. Who took the Guai Guai on it?
辛迪：噢，不。誰把電腦上面的乖乖拿走了？
take-took(v.)拿著
Hank: You mean that bag of snacks? I ate it.
漢克：你是說那包零食？我吃掉了。
eat-ate(v.)吃
Cindy: That’s not for you. It’s meant to keep the computer from crashing.
辛迪：那不是給你吃的，放那包零食是為了防止電腦當機。
be meant to do sth.用意是keep sth. from Ving避免、阻止crash(v.)撞擊、當機
Hank: You’re kidding.
漢克：你在開玩笑吧。
kid(v.)開玩笑
Cindy: I’m not. Guai Guai means “be good” or “behave.” It becomes a lucky charm for the machines to run without glitches.
辛迪：才沒有。乖乖的意思就是叫電腦聽話，它變成一種避免機器故障的幸運符。
behave(v.)聽話、順從lucky charm幸運符machine(n.)機器glitch(n.)小差錯、故障
Hank: I don’t buy that. There’s no logic to it.
漢克：我才不相信。根本完全沒有邏輯。
buy(v.)相信logic(n.)邏輯
Cindy: Let me put another bag on the computer, and you’ll see.
辛迪：那我再放一包到電腦上，你就會相信我。
computer(n.)電腦
Hank: Oh my! It didn’t crash this time. I can’t believe it.
漢克：哦，我的天！這次沒有故障，我真不敢相信！
believe(v.)相信