计算机英语900句第四章第十一课：软盘

第四章 Disks磁盘

第十一课 Floppy Disk软盘

1.When you want the computer to read information from a floppy disk or write information on it, you insert the disk in your floppy disk drive.

当你要计算机读写软盘时，你要把它放入软盘驱动器(亦称软驱)中。

2.Floppy disks are available in two sizes, 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch.

软盘有5.25英寸和3.5英寸两种尺寸。

3.The floppy disk drive is designed to work with disks that can hold a specific amount of information, so you should know which dis capacity works best with the disk drive.

软盘驱动器为适于特定容量的磁盘而设计，所以要知道在软驱上使用多大容量的软盘最好。

New Words & Terms

read 读

write 写

insert 放入;插入

available 可用的

size 尺寸;大小

inch 英寸(吋)

design 设计

specific 特定的;指明的

capacity 容量

注：

1.Floppy disks are available in two sizes.其正常语序就是Floppy disks in two sizes are available.

2.that can hold a specific amount of information 是限制性定语从句修饰名词disks，译作“能容纳特定信息量的磁盘”。

Exercises

1.将下列短语译成汉语：

①read information from a floppy disk

②write information on a floppy disk

③place a disk in the floppy disk drive

④disk capacity