A：Hey, do you know the bus company network system crashed?

嗨，你知道公交公司網(wǎng)絡(luò)癱瘓這件事嗎?

V：I heard about it several days ago!

我?guī)滋烨熬吐犝f(shuō)了。

A：That is unbelievable!

那太讓人難以置信了!

C：Daddy, can you tell me what they are talking about?

爸爸，你能告訴我他們?cè)谡務(wù)摰氖鞘裁磫?

D：They are talking about the network of the bus company.

他們?cè)谡f(shuō)公交公司網(wǎng)絡(luò)的問(wèn)題。

C：Why is their network not working?

那為什么他們的網(wǎng)絡(luò)不能夠正常運(yùn)行呢?

D：Because of the IC cards.

因?yàn)镮C卡的問(wèn)題。

C：The IC card?

IC卡嗎?

D：Yes, Beijing is a big city and there are about 7,000,000 people using IC cards on buses.

對(duì)啊，北京是個(gè)大城市，總共有7,000,000人用公交IC卡。

C：And?

然后呢?

D：All the people were checking the balance of their cards on the Internet at the same time, that's why the system crashed.

所有的人都去網(wǎng)上查看他們卡里的余額，所以就產(chǎn)生了網(wǎng)絡(luò)問(wèn)題。

C：Oh, that is horrible!

噢，那太可怕了!

注釋：

crash n. 崩潰

network n. 網(wǎng)絡(luò)

system n. 系統(tǒng)，體系

unbelievable adj. 令人難以置信的

check vt. 查詢

balance n. 余額

horrible adj. 可怕的