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Daily Translation: A Computer Crash during Report Writing

English Learning
Daily Translation
Author

Ryan Sun

Published

2026-10-28

中文原文

下午你在电脑上赶一份工作报告。写了大半的时候,电脑突然蓝屏,屏幕卡住不动。你有点慌,因为还没保存文件。等电脑自动重启之后,幸运的是文档有自动备份,大部分内容都还在。

My translation

This afternoon, I was writing a progress report on my computer. I’ve just finished almost half of it when the computer suddenly broke down and the screen was stuck there. I was a bit panic, because I hadn’t saved the document. Luckily, when the computer was restarted, the document was backed up automatically, so most of the contents were still there.

Revised version

This afternoon, I was working on a progress report on my laptop. I’d gotten through almost half of it when the computer suddenly crashed and the screen froze. I panicked a little because I hadn’t saved the file. Thankfully, after it restarted, the document had auto-saved, so most of my content was still there.

Key phrases

  • crashed,蓝屏; break down通常指坏掉
  • froze,屏幕卡住
  • panicked,动词慌张
  • it restarted,电脑重启,没有必要用被动
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