Unit 32
Software upgrade
職場攻略/辦公日常
Oversea Life/Understanding Culture
BRAIN STORM
Share your ideas with your teacher and try to make sentences.
Have you experienced software updates on your phone or computer?
VOCABULARY
Repeat these sentences after your teacher.
1. upload (v.) 上傳
Upload your photos first.
首先上傳您的照片。
2. cloud (n.) 雲端
Upload your files to your cloud storage.
將文件上傳到雲端存儲。
3. software version check (phr.) 軟體版本檢查
Do a software version check on your phone.
在手機上檢查軟件版本。
4. lo and behold (phr.) 怪不得，表示驚訝
Lo and behold, here he comes!
瞧，他來了！
5. operating system (n.) 操作系統
What is your phone’s operating system?
您手機的操作系統是什麼？
6. updated (v.) 升級
Be updated on the latest software.
在最新軟件上進行更新。
7. the root of the problem (phr.) 問題的關鍵
The battery is the root of the problem.
電池是問題的根源。
8. download (n.) 下載
Where can I download games for my phone?
在哪裡可以下載手機遊戲？
Dialogue
Read the dialogue aloud with your teacher.
Tom, do you have a second?
我跟貝絲都結婚25年了，真不敢相信。
Yes. What seems to be the problem?
有，怎麼了？
Well, I use this computer to upload a lot of files to the cloud, and about a month ago it started going really slowly.
喔，我用這個電腦上傳了很多檔，但是從上個月開始就變得特別慢。
Hmm, ok. Have you tried running a software version check?
嗯好，你試過檢查軟體版本嗎？
No, I haven’t.
還沒有。
Let’s try that first then… Lo and behold! Your operating system hasn’t been updated in years!
那我們就先試試。 看，怪不得！ 你的操作系統都好幾年沒更新過了！
Is that the root of the problem?
這是問題的關鍵嗎？
Definitely. I’ve already started downloading the patch for you. It’s a few gigabytes, so it will take a couple minutes to download. After that, just install it and you’ll be set.
絕對是。 我已經給你開始下載補丁了。 有幾G，所以需要等幾分鐘。 下好以後你只要安上就好了。
Amazing, thank you!
太棒了，謝謝！
No problem, anytime.
沒問題，隨時可以找我。
Let's Practice
Make it right.
A: __________.
B: Yes. What seems to be the problem?
1. Tom, do you had a second?
2. Tom, do you have a second?
A : Have you tried running a software version check?
B : _________________.
1. No, I haven’t.
2. No, I hadn’t.
Have you tried running a software ______ check?
1.version
2.updated
Is that the __________ of the problem?
1.rut
2.root
1. Users should ____ an application from the APP store before they use it.
A.patch
B.download
C.upload
D.set
2.The lack of communication is the ____ of the dispute.
A.center
B.form
C.secret
D.root
3.We will just ____ them on any news we may have.
A.update
B.renew
C.reset
D.improve
4. They ____ a new phone line in the department.
A.uploaded
B.stalled
C.installed
D.erected
DISCUSSION
Make a conversation with your teacher.
1.What are your expectations every time your computer or phone undergoes a software update?
