18. Nothing is perfect

The computer in Dan's car is helping him reach his hotel. 

D: OK, computer, how do we get there? 

C: go one block and take a left. 

D: that looks easy. (He turns right.) 

C: Left! I said "left", you idiot!" 

D: Sorry! Wow, you don't have to get so angry. 

C: I'm sorry. I guess I'm just having a bad day. 

D: a bad day? You're a computer! How can you have a bad day? 

C: Well, I think I've got a virus. 

D: Ha! And I thought computers could never be wrong. 

Hi, everybody, I am Bruce. 

one hundred（and）eleven.

Even computers sometimes make mistakes, that’s goes to show that we human beings are allowed to make mistakes, especially when we are learning English, especially when you are working with Peter.

perfect

Practice makes (whatever you make) perfect. 熟能生巧

per’fect (v.) light-bulb = make light-bulb ‘perfect (adj.)    读音不同

v. to make very good or good enough to use

help sb, (to) do sth.

I help Dad (to) repair the car

fix = repair

It’s a young repair. But stingy Bruce will never give it up.

Hi, Peter. Yes? The chair you are sitting on is being young repair. Peter is very heavy. He is fat.

go (for) one block and take a left.

Block <> street

take a left = make a left turn = turn left 

Excuse me, sir. I am new here, I think I am lost. I have to go to the grand hotel, but I don’t know where it is? So please show me the way. Woo, sure, just go down this street two blocks and turn right. Thank you.

Idiot

I thought you are serious when you called me idiot.  

in a good mood  心情

We can easily tell that the computer is not in a good mood.

On rainy days, I am often in a bad mood.

I am in a mood for dance, let's go to a Disco. ( Disc / Disk) 想要

live band   the whole program will be broadcast live.      live show

be angry with

My teacher is angry with me, because I flunked the test.

My teacher is mad at me, because I flunked the test.

Today is not my day.  今天真倒霉

emotion

Singing is a good way to let out one's emotion. 发泄情绪

Well, students are often studying very hard, students have a lot of pressure, so it is important for students or businessmen to let out their emotion, sometime we let out their pressure, or bad feeling maybe by sing or exercising or some other good way to let out one's emotion. It is import to let out our emotion.

Function

I do not function properly today.

virus

A virus is a very small piece of life, which can enter into a cell in our body and make a lot of trouble of our health, virus can attack animal, people or plant, Virus can attack each other too.

Be wrong = go wrong

You can't go wrong studying English with Bruce.

She wronged him by ignore him.  伤害 

Some is wrong with Peter.

Apologize

You should apologize to him for the mistake.

Bye, everybody, see you next time.

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