A:Hey, do you know the bus company network system crashed?
嗨,你知道公交公司网络瘫痪这件事吗?
V:I heard about it several days ago!
我几天前就听说了。
A:That is unbelievable!
那太让人难以置信了!
C:Daddy, can you tell me what they are talking about?
爸爸,你能告诉我他们在谈论的是什么吗?
D:They are talking about the network of the bus company.
他们在说公交公司网络的问题。
C:Why is their network not working?
那为什么他们的网络不能够正常运行呢?
D:Because of the IC cards.
因为IC卡的问题。
C:The IC card?
IC卡吗?
D:Yes, Beijing is a big city and there are about 7,000,000 people using IC cards on buses.
对啊,北京是个大城市,总共有7,000,000人用公交IC卡。
C:And?
然后呢?
D:All the people were checking the balance of their cards on the Internet at the same time, that's why the system crashed.
所有的人都去网上查看他们卡里的余额,所以就产生了网络问题。
C:Oh, that is horrible!
噢,那太可怕了!
注释:
crash n. 崩溃
network n. 网络
system n. 系统,体系
unbelievable adj. 令人难以置信的
check vt. 查询
balance n. 余额
horrible adj. 可怕的