英语幽默精读【93】A Talk on the Phone
I teach computer courses, and my students often call me at home with questions. One morning I was on the phone, explaining in computer language the solution to a problem, while a repairman was fixing my refrigerator. After an endless stream of "C colon, back- slash, greater than, cd, backslash, DOS, 0 colon" and so on, I hung up and found the repairman staring at me. "Lady," he asked, are you a spy?"
※ Notes
（1） computer language 计算机语言
（2） refrigerator n. 冰箱
（3） backslash n. 回车
（4） greater than大于号
（5） DOS 计算机语言中的DOS处理
※ Exercises
根据短文回答下列问题：
① What does the teacher teach?
② With what do students call her at home?
③ Who was in the teacher's house when she was on the phone?
④ Was it a long talk?
⑤ Why did the repairman think she was a spy?
※ 译文
电话交谈
我教计算机课程，我的学生经常打电话到我家问我问题。一天早晨，我在电话里用计算机语言解释一个问题的答案，当时一个维修工正在给我修电冰箱。经过一连串的“C冒号，回车，大于号，CD，回车，DOS，C冒号”等等，我挂上电话发现那位维修工在盯着我。“女士，”他问，“你是个间谍吗？”
※ 练习参考答案
① She teaches computer courses.
② Questions.
③ A repairman.
④ Yes, it was.
⑤ Because the repairman didn't understand computer language.
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