Internet Explorer is shutting down in a burst of nostalgia
在一阵怀旧声中,IE 浏览器正式关闭
It was Aug. 16, 1995. "Waterfalls" by TLC was the No. 1 song in the country. Bill Clinton was in the White House. And Microsoft introduced a new way to surf the web: Internet Explorer.
那是 1995 年的 8 月 16 日,TLC 的歌曲《瀑布》拿下了全美第一,比尔·克林顿还在任。而微软,推出了一种新的上网方式:IE 浏览器。
It was buggy and slow, many said. But it was always there. Until it wasn't. On Wednesday, the web browser, loved and loathed by a generation, was officially retired, swept into the dustbin of internet history.
许多人说,这个浏览器容易出错、运行缓慢。但这么多年来,它一直都在。直到它消失的这天。上周三,这款一代人爱恨交加的网络浏览器正式退役,被扫入互联网历史的垃圾箱。
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The occasion stirred surprisingly strong feelings of nostalgia for the 1990s and early 2000s, an era when many first came to know the online world through stuttering dial-up connections, chat rooms and long-gone social media sites like Friendster.***
这一特别的时刻激起了人们尤为强烈的怀旧之情。许多人怀念起上世纪 90 年代和本世纪初,当时许多人第一次通过断断续续的拨号连接、聊天室和早已消失的 Friendster 等社交媒体网站开始了解网络世界。
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Now that Internet Explorer is no more, many pined for a time when the little blue icon with the lowercase "e" was their escape route out of childhood bedrooms, college dorm rooms and office cubicles.
在 IE 浏览器退役之际,许多人怀念起,蓝色小写字母“ e”的图标曾将他们从童年卧室、大学宿舍和办公室隔间中暂时解脱出来。
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Michael L. Nelson, a computer science professor at Old Dominion University, said that Microsoft's decision to shut down Internet Explorer and move users to its newer browser, Edge, "marks the end of an era."
欧道明大学的计算机科学系教授迈克尔·L·尼尔森说,微软关闭 IE 浏览器、将用户转移到其新浏览器 Edge 的决定“标志着一个时代的结束”。
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Over the next few months, users who open Internet Explorer will be redirected to Microsoft Edge with "IE mode," Sean Lyndersay, general manager of Microsoft Edge Enterprise, wrote in a blog post about the retirement of the browser.
微软 Edge 企业版总经理肖恩·林德赛在一篇关于 IE 浏览器退役的博客文章中写道,在接下来的几个月里,打开 IE 浏览器的用户将通过“ IE 模式”重定向到微软 Edge。
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"Eventually, Internet Explorer will be disabled permanently, at which point the Internet Explorer icons on users' devices will be removed," he wrote. He called Edge a "faster, more secure and more modern browser."
“最终,IE 浏览器将被永久禁用,届时用户设备上的 IE 图标将被移除。”他写道。他认为 Edge 是“更快、更安全、更现代的浏览器”。
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品控:Pita、蘑菇
审核:咯咯
重点词汇
burst
/bɝːst/
n.(情感的)突然爆发
词性拓展:burst(v. 爆炸,爆裂)
例句:The balloon burst.
英文释义:a sudden strong feeling or emotion
搭配短语:bursts of laughter(一阵阵笑声)
搭配短语:an intense burst of anger(勃然大怒)
nostalgia
/nɑːˈstæl.dʒə/
n. 对往事的怀念,怀旧
搭配短语:nostalgia for the good old days(对美好过去的留恋)
搭配短语:a burst of nostalgia = a wave of nostalgia
introduce
/ˌɪn.trəˈduːs/
v. 推行,实施(新产品或制度);介绍,引见
搭配短语:to introduce myself(做个自我介绍)
搭配短语:to introduce a new range of products(推出一系列新产品)
搭配短语:to introduce new legislation(推行新的法律条文)
buggy
/ˈbʌɡ.i/
adj.(计算机程序)运行出错的;环境里蚊虫很多的
相关词汇:bug(n. 小虫子;(电脑程序上的)漏洞)
英文释义:of a computer program or system faulty in operation
搭配短语:buggy code(错误很多的代码)
browser
/ˈbraʊ.zɚ/
n. 浏览器
相关词汇:browse(v. 随便看看;浏览;(在互联网上)搜寻信息,浏览信息 )
搭配短语:to browse around the secondhand bookshops(去一家二手书店逛逛)
搭配短语:to browse through a catalogue(浏览一本书的目录)
搭配短语:to browse the Web(上网浏览网页)
词根词缀:-er(表示“......的人或物”)
loathe
/loʊð/
v. 憎恨,厌恶
反义词:love
近义词:hate
词义辨析:loathe, hate
两个词都可以表达憎恶,区别在于:hate 是常用词, 指“对某人、物或行为表示极大的不满或厌恶”;而 loathe,它的感情色彩更浓,表示强烈的憎恨、厌恶;并且,loathe 要比 hate 更书面一些。
搭配短语:to loathe doing sth.
例句:I loathe doing housework.
stir
/stɝː/
v. 激发,激起(强烈的感情等);搅动
例句:The film stirred many memories of my childhood.
搭配短语:a book that really stirs the imagination
stuttering
/stʌdərɪŋ/
adj. 断断续续的,不顺畅的
相关词汇:stutter(v. 结结巴巴地说话;机器费力地运转着)
例句:The old truck stuttered along the winding road.
now that
既然,因为
近义词:because, since
例句:Now that I have my car, I don't get as much exercise as I used to.
no more
(某物)不复存在的
英文释义:exist no longer
补充:no more 除了表示(某物)不复存在的,还可以指“没有更多”,比如“There was no more to be said about it.(关于这件事, 没有更多可说了。)”;这个短语的另一种含义是“不要更多的”,后面一般接名词。例如在酒桌上,劝别人少喝点,可以说“You must have some hot soup, but no more wine.(你要喝些热汤, 但别再喝酒了。)”
pine for
渴望得到......;怀念,思念(某人)
相关词汇:pine(n. 松树;v. 想念)
搭配短语:pine furniture(松木家具)
近义词:miss(v. 想念)
例句:He's still pining for his ex-girlfriend.
escape route
/ɪˈskeɪp ruːt/
n. 逃避(现实等的)方式;逃生路线
英文释义:a means of distraction or relief, escape from reality or boredom
例句:Travel can be an escape route from the boredom of her everyday life.
redirect
/ˌriː.dɪˈrekt/
v. 使改变方向,使改变路线
词根词缀:re-(表示“再,又”)
相关词汇:direct(给别人指路)
相关词汇:direction(n. 方向)
搭配短语:a good sense of direction(好的方向感)
例句:Could you direct me to the airport?
blog post
/blɒɡ pəʊst/
n. 博客帖子
disabled
/dɪˈseɪ.bəld/
adj.(机器等)无法启动的;(人)身体有残疾的
搭配短语:the disabled(残疾人士)
文化补充:在英语中,用 the disabled 或者 disabled person有冒犯对方的风险,这时候建议大家用“a person with a disability”代替,with 作为一种伴随情况,表示对方仅仅是身体有些残疾的正常人,这样的说法更加善意,也更具有同理心。
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