A:Hey, Tom. You look tired. Are you all right?
嘿,汤姆,你看起来非常疲劳。你没事吧?
B:I didn't sleep much last night.
昨天晚上我没睡多少觉。
A:How come?
怎么了?
B:You know Xiao Li-my roommate, he bought a computer last month. He has turned his computer into an electronic playground. He plays football, rides horses, drives racing cars, and does a whole bunch of other games. Every night he keeps me up.
你知道我的室友小李上个月买了一台电脑。他已把他的电脑变成了电子游乐场。他踢足球、骑马、开赛车、还玩其他的游戏。每天晚上他都让我跟他一块玩。
A:Don't you like games
难道你不喜欢玩游戏吗?
B:I usually get a lot of information on the computer and use E-mail to send messages to my friends.
我通常从电脑上得到许多信息,并且给我的朋友们发电子邮件。
A:Me too. Recently, I've made many friends on the net. Every day I talk to them and share many interesting things with them.
我也是。近来,我在网上交了许多朋友。每天我同他们聊天,并同他们分享我的趣事。
B:Don't you think it's a sheer waste of both time and money?
你不认为它完全是在浪费时间和金钱吗?
A:I'm afraid not. To me getting in touch with each other has more fun than the coolest computer games or the hottest information.
我恐怕不那么认为。对我来说,人与人之间的相互联系比最酷的电脑游戏或是热点信息有趣多了。
B:Yes.
是的。