[by:可可英语～www.utensil-race.com]
[00:00.27]Computers are an amazing thing, you know they have really improved people's lives over the past 15 or 20 years. 
电脑是件很神奇的东西，你知道，它们在过去15-20年改善了人们的生活。
[00:11.53]You know you can do word processing. You can access libraries of information. 
你知道你可以用电脑进行文字处理。也可以获得信息库。
[00:17.09]You can communicate with your friends 24 hours a day across the globe. 
你可以每天24小时和全球的朋友进行交流。
[00:23.12]You can do art. You can watch movies. You can play music. 
你也可以做和艺术相关的事情、可以看电影、听音乐等等。
[00:26.56]All sorts of interesting and cool stuff, that makes life more pleasurable, or makes life easier, 
各种有意思的事情会让生活更愉悦，也更舒适，
[00:35.37]you know, it's really an amenity that's been a big part of most people's lives for a long time now, 
你知道，它作为人们生活中重要的便利设施已经存在很长时间了，
[00:45.51]and they always seem to be improving and getting bigger and better. 
它们一直在不断改进，变得更大更好。
[00:50.17]Well, actually, they're getting smaller and better, 
实际上，它们是越来越小，越来越好，
[00:52.54]but why is it that over this time, that computers never seem to run smoothly all the time. 
但是为什么这么长时间以来电脑都没能保持顺利运行呢？
[01:02.37]There's always little glitches and problems. 
总是会出现小故障和问题。
[01:06.29]You know, computers are getting better but so are viruses. 
你知道，电脑越来越好，可是病毒也是如此。
[01:12.16]Programs are getting easier and better, but they're also getting more expensive 
程序变得越来越简单，越来越好，但是它们也越来越昂贵，
[01:16.19]and you always have to upgrade because what you want to get doesn't work necessarily with what you have on your computer, you know.
你不得不升级因为你电脑上的程序不能满足你的需求。
[01:25.16]Internet connections are always speeding up, 
网络连接在不断加快，
[01:27.24]but there's always a slow internet connection, at least 20 or 25 percent of the time. 
但是20%到25%的时间网络连接都很慢。
[01:33.59]You know, if you want to run something you always need to download this or download this. 
你知道，如果你想运行某个东西，你就需要下载。
[01:40.53]This program is incompatible with this program. 
这个程序和那个程序可能会不兼容。
[01:44.40]When you are on the internet, there is always strange pop-up ads and things like that.
你在上网的时候，总是会有奇怪的弹出式广告。
[01:50.50]E-mail! Ah, your e-mail box is full, too much memory, 
电子邮件！你的电子邮箱满了，有太多的内存，
[01:55.55]yeah, printers, printers are the worst of all. 
还有打印机，打印机是最糟糕的。
[02:00.17]You know after all this time, why is it that printers always break down when you need to print something on time. 
你知道这么长时间以来，在你需要打印东西的时候打印机总是会出故障。
[02:08.35]Hey, there's my little ramble about computers, 
嘿，这些就是我对电脑的漫谈，
[02:12.52]but all in all, they're good, cause without computers there wouldn't be such a wonderful site lke ELLLO.
不过总的来说，它们很好，因为没有电脑就不会有像ELLO英语这样棒的网站了。