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1、ALEX:CanIhelpyou?SHERRY:Yes,Ineedtobuyacomputerforthissemester.Iwastolditischeapertobuycomputershere.ALEX:Well,youheardright.Youcangetanexcellentdealonanewcomputerhere.Wehavegreatdiscountsforstudents.SHERRY:Idon'tknowmuchaboutcomputers.ButIknowIwantadesktopcomputerwithalot
2、ofmemory.AndIneedaprinter.ALEX:Well,firstlet'sconsideryourcomputer.Here,forexample,isasystemIhighlyrecommend--thePowerMacintoshG3.Itcomeswith64megabytesoftotalmemory.SHERRY:Isthatalot?Sixty-four?ALEX:Yes,itis.Itshouldbeenoughforanystudentneedsyoumighthave.Whatdepartmentare
3、youin?SHERRY:History.ALEX:Well,soyouwillmostlybeusingwordprocessing,forwritingpapers.IrecommendtheCorelWordPerfectprogramforwordprocessing.Wecantalkaboutsoftwarelater.Let'stalkaboutyourhardwarefirst.Wehaveaspecialdealonrightnow.Ishouldtellyouaboutit,asitonlygoesuntilnextTu
4、esday.Ifyoubuyoneofthesefifteen-inchcolormonitorswithaPowerMacintoshG3,youcanactuallyget30percentofftheusualsaleprice.SHERRY:Thirtypercent?ALEX:Yes.SHERRY:Wow.That'sreallygood.Andyouthinkthisisreallyagoodsystemforagraduatestudent?ALEX:Yes.It'sanexcellentsystem.SHERRY:Hmm.H
5、ey,wait.ThishasanAppleonit.IsthisanApplecomputer?ALEX:Yes,it'saMacintosh.It'sApple.MacintoshandApplearethesamething.SHERRY:Idon'twantMacintosh.IwantPC.ALEX:I'msorry,butouruniversitycomputercenteronlysellsMacintoshequipment.SHERRY:What?Areyouserious?ALEX:Yes.SHERRY:Butnobod
6、yusesMacintosh!ALEX:That'snottrue.MostofthestudentsandprofessorsintheuniversityhereuseMacintosh.Theyfinditisbetterforwritingandword-processing,andthatiswhatstudentsmostlydo.MayIaskwhereyou'refrom?SHERRY:Yes,I'mfromTaiwan.ALEX:Well,IknowthatinmostAsiancountriesAppleisnotver
7、ypopular.ButhereinAmerica,especiallyinuniversitiesandpublishingcompanies,Appleisverycommonlyused.SHERRY:ButIneedacomputerthatcanhandlewritinginChinese.ALEX:ThereareseveralChinesewritingprogramsyoucanusewithMacintosh.ChineseisnoproblemforApple.SHERRY:Hmm.IthinkIshouldasksom
8、eofmyfriendsforadvicebeforeImakeadecision.I'msorry.ALEX:No,don'tbesorry.It'sreasonabletoa
