Unit 22
Desktop or Laptop?

職場攻略/職場日常
Communication in workplace

BRAIN STORM

Share your ideas with your teacher and try to make sentences.

What electronic gadget do you prefer, a desktop or a laptop? Why?

VOCABULARY

Repeat  these  sentences  after  your  teacher.

1. replace (v.) 取代
Jack replaced the lamp.
傑克更換了燈泡。 

2. desktops  (n.) 桌面
Do you sell desktops?
你們出售桌機嗎? 

3. laptops (n.) 筆記型電腦
My mother brought me 2 laptops.
我媽媽給我帶來了2台筆記本電腦。 

4. admin staff (n.) 管理人員
She is the admin staff of this store.
她是這家商店的管理員。 

5. sales staff  (n.) 銷售人員
Brian gave the sales staff a bonus.
布賴恩給銷售人員獎金。 

6. price (n.) 價格
What is the price for this laptop?
這台筆記本電腦的價格是多少? 

7. brand (n.) 品牌
Do you have all the laptop brands here?
你們這裡有所有筆記本電腦品牌嗎? 

8. model  (n.) 模型
We will upgrade to a better model.
我們將升級到更好的模型

Dialogue

Read the dialogue aloud with your teacher.

Tony, our computers are very old and slow. I’d like to replace them.
托尼,我們的電腦很舊,速度很慢。我想替換它們。

Sure. Do you want desktops or laptops?
好啊。您想要桌上型機還是筆記型電腦?

Well, for our admin staff, let’s buy desktops. But for sales staff, who need to travel, it makes sense to get laptops.
嗯,對於我們的管理人員,讓我們購買桌面。但對於需要旅行的售人員來說,買筆記型電腦是有意義的。

Got it. How many would you like to buy?
明白了。你想買多少?

Well, can you first check and see which ones are not working? Please also give me the brand, model and price.
好吧,你能先檢查一下哪些不工作嗎?也請給我品牌,型號和價格。

No problem. I will let you know by the end of the day.
沒關係。我會在一天結束的時候告訴你的。

Let's Practice

Make it right.

A : _________.
B :Sure. Do you want desktops or laptops?

1. Our computers are very old and slow. I’d like to replace them.
2. Our computers are very old and slow. I’d like to repair them.

A : How many would you like to buy?
B : ________.

1.Please also give me the brand, model and price.
2.Please also give me the price.

Do you ______ desktops or laptops?

1.try
2.want

How ______ would you like to buy?

1.many
2.few

slow.    and   old     Tony,    our   computers    are    very

_________________________________

laptops?    or       desktops    want    you    Do?

________________________________________________

DISCUSSION

Make a conversation with your teacher.

1.How do you choose your desktop / laptop?
2.How do you decide if it is the right one for you?