October, 21

Virus

Key vocabulary

1）    act up= not working properly

2）    take a look=see

3）    be right up/down/out= go there soon (just a minute,Ｉwill be right out)

4）    pick up= get, acquire

5）    browse=look, search

6）    up to date=having all the most recent information (I can’t find the street, is the map up to date?)

7）    infected file= a file in your computer has virus in it

A: Oh great! This stupid computer froze again！ That’s the third time today! Hey Samuel, can you come take a look at my PC? It is acting up again. It must have virus or something.

B: Just give me a second; I’ll be right up.

B: I ran a virus san on your computer and it turns out that you have a lot of infected files!

A: But I’m quite careful when I’m browsing the internet, I have no idea how I could have picked up a virus.

B: Well, you have to make sure that your anti-virus software is updated regularly; yours wasn’t up to date, that’s probably what was causing your problems.

A: Ok, anything else?

B: yeah, try not to kick or hit the computer!

A: Um yeah…sorry about that.