Chinese Conversation – lesson 655

在办公室
戴夫:你在用的是哪种浏览器?看起来不像是IE。
艾力克:因为它不是。这是火狐,一个很棒又全新的客户端开放源代码。
戴夫:喔,我听过那个!这比Explorer更安全,对吧?
艾力克:对,也比较快。而且,这不是微软的产品。
戴夫:所以你并不支持邪恶帝国……那是谁做出来的呢?
艾力克:来自世界各地想要合力开发好软件的程序设计师。
戴夫:喔,就跟Linux一样。
艾力克:有点像。Linux是根据UNIX而来,而火狐原本是根据Netscape,两个都被重新编写过。

In the office
Dave: What’s that web browser you’re running? It doesn’t look like Internet Explorer.
Alex: That’s because it’s not. It’s Firefox, a great new open source client.
Dave: Oh, I heard about that! It’s more secure than Explorer, right?
Alex: Yes, and faster, too. Plus, it’s not a Microsoft product.
Dave: So you’re not supporting the Evil Empire… Who made it then?
Alex: Programmers from around the world who just wanted to collaborate on good software.
Dave: Oh, like Linux.
Alex: Kind of. Linux is based on UNIX, and Firefox was originally based on Netscape, but both have been rewritten.

(Source: wwenglish.com)

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