A:Hey, do you know the bus company network system crashed?
嗨,你知道公交公司網(wǎng)絡癱瘓這件事嗎?
V:I heard about it several days ago!
我?guī)滋烨熬吐犝f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,你能告訴我他們在談論的是什么嗎?
D:They are talking about the network of the bus company.
他們在說公交公司網(wǎng)絡的問題。
C:Why is their network not working?
那為什么他們的網(wǎng)絡不能夠正常運行呢?
D:Because of the IC cards.
因為IC卡的問題。
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.
對啊,北京是個大城市,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)絡問題。
C:Oh, that is horrible!
噢,那太可怕了!
注釋:
crash n. 崩潰
network n. 網(wǎng)絡
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