第十二讲

    Text Study Para. 1b It does not say what the error is, nor where it occurred. For all I know, it occurred in New Zealand, and my computer found out about it via the Internet, and became so upset that it could not go on.

    It does not say what the error is, nor where it occurred. (Para. 1)
它不说是什么错误，也不说发生在哪里。not...nor: 既不，也不 (在这种用法中，nor连接一个陈述句时会引起该句子主语和助动词的顺序改变)
    e.g.
    a. I don’t expect children to be rude, nor do I expect to be disobeyed.
    我不希望孩子们行为粗野，也不希望他们不听话。

    for all one knows
    说不定（常用来强调对某事不知情，而且该事也无足轻重）
    e.g.
    a. For all I know, he could be seriously ill.
    说不定他病得很重。
    b. I don’t know where she is. She could have been kidnapped for all I know.
    我不知道她在哪，说不定她已经被绑架了。

    Para. 1b 它不说是什么错误，也不说发生在哪里。说不定错误发生在新西兰，我的电脑通过互联网发现了它，并因此烦恼得无法继续工作。

    Text Study
    Para. 2 When this happens, I have to turn my computer off and start it up again. When I do, my computer puts a snippy note on the screen informing me that it is scanning its disks for errors, because it was shut down improperly.

    scan
    vt. 扫描；细看，审视；略读, 浏览
    e.g.
    a. Scanning the computer regularly will help us detect computer viruses.
    定期扫描计算机可以帮助我们发现计算机病毒。
    b. The shipwrecked sailor scanned the horizon anxiously every morning.
    scan
    这位遭遇船难的水手每天早晨都焦急地扫视着海天相接之处。
    c. She scanned the newspaper over breakfast.
    她边吃早饭边浏览了一遍报纸。
    shut down
    关上
    e.g.
    He shut down the lid of box and left.
    他关上箱盖就离开了。
    使（常指临时性的）停工，停业
    The workshop has shut down and the workers are unemployed.
    车间被关闭了，工人们失业了。
    Translation
    Para. 2 在这种情形下，我只得关闭电脑再重新启动。这样做以后，电脑就在屏幕上打出一条傲慢无礼的信息，告诉我它正在扫描磁盘中的错误，而原因是我没有正常关机。