Computer Savvy? Nope, me neither. Learn how to talk about it in Mandarin with us.

Vocabulary:

悟性 Wùxìng Savvy

一窍不通 Yīqiàobùtōng Clueless

天才 Tiāncái Genius

附件 Fùjiàn Attachment

压缩 Yāsuō To Compress

下载 Xiàzǎi To Download

右击 Yòu jī Right Click

点击 Diǎnjī To Click

图标 Túbiāo Icon

扎 Zhā To tie, to bind

Dialogue:

A: 对电脑我是一窍不通。你能教我怎么做这个吗？

Duì diànnǎo wǒ shì yīqiàobùtōng. Nǐ néng jiào wǒ zěnme zuò zhège ma?

I don't know anything about computers. Can you teach me how to do this?

B：你想做什么？

Nǐ xiǎng zuò shénme?

What do you want to do?

A：我刚刚创建了这个Word的文件。和它一起的还有一个声音文件。我要把它作为电子邮件附件寄往这个地址，但是这个声音文件对电子邮件来说太大了。怎么办？

Wǒ gānggāng chuàngjiànle zhège Word de wénjiàn. Hé tā yīqǐ de hái yǒu yīgè shēngyīn wénjiàn. Wǒ yào bǎ tā zuòwéi diànzǐ yóujiàn fùjiàn jì wǎng zhège dìzhǐ, dànshì zhège shēngyīn wénjiàn duì diànzǐ yóujiàn lái shuō tài dàle. Zěnme bàn?

I just created this Word file. Along with it is a sound file. I want to send it to this address as an e-mail attachment, but the sound file is too large for e-mail. What should I do?

B: 就这些？老天！你真是一窍不通。你只要压缩这个声音文件就行了。

Jiù zhèxiē? Lǎo tiān! Nǐ zhēnshi yīqiàobùtōng. Nǐ zhǐyào yāsuō zhège

shēngyīn wénjiàn jiùxíngle.

That's is? Wow! You really are clueless. All you have to do is compress the

sound file and that's it.

A：压缩文件？怎么压缩？

Yāsuō wénjiàn? Zěnme yāsuō?

Compress the file? How do you do that?

B：只需下载WinRAR，然后对着你要压缩的声音文件右击，然后点击你的文件名“点”RAR。这时候，一个新的WinRAR图标就会出现。它看上去像一根带子扎起来的三本书。你的声音文件的名字会出现在它的下方。

Zhǐ xū xiàzǎi WinRAR, ránhòu duìzhe nǐ yào yāsuō de shēngyīn wénjiàn yòu jī, ránhòu diǎnjī nǐ de wénjiàn míng “diǎn”RAR. Zhè shíhòu, yīgè xīn de WinRAR túbiāo jiù huì chūxiàn. Tā kàn shàngqù xiàng yī gēn dàizi zhā qǐlái de sān běn shū. Nǐ de shēngyīn wénjiàn de míngzì huì chūxiàn zài tā de xiàfāng.

Just download WinRAR, right-click on the sound file you want to compress, and click on your file name to "dot" RAR. At this time, a new WinRAR icon will appear. It looks like three books tied up with a belt. The name of your sound file will appear below it.

A: 然后就把它作为电子邮件的附件寄出？

Ránhòu jiù bǎ tā zuòwéi diànzǐ yóujiàn de fùjiàn jì chū?

Then send it as an attachment to the email?

B：是啊。不是很容易吗？

Shì a. Bùshì hěn róngyì ma?

Yes. Isn't it easy?

Supplemental Vocab/Phrases：

软件/硬件 Ruǎnjiàn/yìngjiàn Software/Hardware

升级 Shēngjí Upgrade

卸下来 Xiè xiàlái Remove

上传 Shàngchuán Upload

内存 Nèicún RAM

扩容 Kuòróng Expand

台式机 Táishì jī Desktop Computer

笔记本 Bǐjìběn Notebook/Laptop

听力 Tīnglì Hearing

触觉 Chùjué Touch

视觉 Shìjué Vision

味觉 Wèijué Taste

嗅觉 Xiùjué Smell

对。。。。来说。。。太。。。。Duì.... Lái shuō... Tài....

For ...(noun).. too (adjective)

对三年级的学生来说，太难了 Duì sān niánjí de xuéshēng lái shuō, tài nánle.

It's too difficult for third graders。

我是自己组装我的电脑。

Wǒ shì zìjǐ zǔzhuāng de diànnǎo.

I assembled the computer myself.

CPU是电脑最核心的部件

CPU shì diànnǎo zuì héxīn de bùjiàn

CPU is the core component of a computer。

我是（一个）电脑达人。

Wǒ shì (yīgè) diànnǎo dá rén.

I am (a) computer expert

我对电脑的悟性很高。

Wǒ duì diànnǎo de wùxìng hěn gāo.

I have a very good understanding of computers.

他对中文的悟性很高。。。

Tā duì zhōngwén de wùxìng hěn gāo...

He has a very good understanding of Chinese...

很有悟性。。。

Hěn yǒu wùxìng...

Very savvy...

Catch My Drift:

A: 我对电脑真是一窍不通。你能教教我怎么把这个文件发到这个地址吗？

B: 你就把它作为附件寄出去就可以了，不过这个文件有一点大。你最好压缩一下。

A：怎么压缩？

B：你先下载WinRAR，然后对着你要压缩的文件右击，然后点击你的文件名“点”RAR. 就会出现一个新的WinRAR图标。

A：哦。。这个图标就是WinRAR图标？像一根带子扎起来的三本书？

B：对。把它作为附件寄出去就可以了。

A：哇！你真是个天才！