helen: hello welcome to real english from bbc learning english. i’m helen.
jean: and i’m jean.
helen: today we’re going to look at words and phrases that have recently become part of the english language.
jean: 在我们的 real english 地道英语节目中，我们要来学学当今英国最新出现的一些新词汇和新说法。now helen, 今天我们要学的新词是什么呢?
helen: today’s word is crash. c.r.a.s.h. – crash.
jean: crash. 这个词我们好像已经学过了吧？是撞车、坠机、或者是股市冲击的意思嘛。
helen: you have an excellent memory, we did cover crash before, but today crash has another meaning. today it’s a computer word. if your computer crashes, it means it stops working suddenly.
jean: 那我们今天要学的是 crash 这个词的另外一个意思，就是电脑死机的意思，对吗？
helen: yes, and often you lose all the information.
jean: crash 这个词也有电脑出现死机，我们有可能失去很多信息的意思。
helen: that’s right.
example
a: why are you still here? i thought you had nearly finished your work?
b: i had, but the computer crashed and i had to start everything again!
helen: i hate it when my computer crashes.
jean: yes me too.
helen: the other day i spent 20 minutes writing a really long email, then the computer crashed!
jean: no, and what happened?
helen: well i lost the whole message. i had to start again.
jean: that must be so annoying!
helen: very, but luckily my computer doesn’t crash very often.
jean: that’s good. let’s hope it stays that way.
helen: now, let’s recap. crash is:
jean: 当我们的电脑突然死机的时候，我们有可能会失去正在操作的一些信息， crash 这个词就是电脑死机的意思。 and that’s all we have time for today.
helen: you’ve been listening to real english from bbc learning english. see you next time.
jean: bye.