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ID: 1669 Upper Intermediate
Now that Moore's Law has gotten bored with desktop computers and moved on to smartphones, we don't often find ourselves replacing entire office computers. The amount of data we store is only increasing, though. In this lesson, learn how to discuss your needs for more hard drive storage.
Wed May 11 2011 | Dilu, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
订购 dìnggòu to order goods
批 pī batch
设备 shèbèi equipment
更新 gēngxīn to update
小丁，公司准备订购一批新的电脑设备，你看看你们部门需要什么？
Xiǎo Dīng ，gōngsī zhǔnbèi dìnggòu yī pī xīn de diànnǎo shèbèi ，nǐ kàn kan nǐmen bùmén xūyào shénme ？
Xiao Ding, the company is going to order a new batch of computer equipment. Take a look and see what your department needs.
我们办公用的机器太老了，什么时候能全部更新一下啊？咱们做的产品目录，数据量大，存储要求高。目前在用的电脑运行起来感觉很吃力啊。
wǒmen bàngōng yòng de jīqì tài lǎo le ，shénme shíhou néng quánbù gēngxīn yīxià ā ？zánmen zuò de chǎnpǐn mùlù ，shùjù liàng dà ，cúnchǔ yāoqiú gāo 。mùqián zài yòng de diànnǎo yùnxíng qǐlái gǎnjué hěn chīlì a 。
Our office appliances are too old. When can we update them? Our inventory is huge and we have a lot of data. We require a lot of storage space. As of right now, there's a lot of strain on the computers.
我上次跟老板提了。他说能用的就先将就着，然后一部分一部分地升级。你也知道，电脑产品更新快，现在的主流配置，用个一两年就过时了。固定资产投资这一块，老板一直掐得比较紧，预算不多。
wǒ shàngcì gēn lǎobǎn tí le 。tā shuō néng yòng de jiù xiān jiāngjiu zhe ，ránhòu yībùfēn yībùfēn de shēngjí 。nǐ yě zhīdào ，diànnǎo chǎnpǐn gēngxīn kuài ，xiànzài de zhǔliú pèizhì ，yòng ge yī liǎng nián jiù guòshí le 。gùdìng zīchǎn tóuzī zhè yī kuài ，lǎobǎn yīzhí qiā de bǐjiào jǐn ，yùsuàn bù duō 。
I brought it up with the boss last time. He said to deal with whatever we can use, and that we'll upgrade things in batches. As you know, computer products improve quickly. Whatever current specs there are, they're outdated within a year or two. When investing in fixed assets like this, the boss is pretty tight on the budget. There isn't much there.
那我们先申请几个大容量硬盘吧，这些是急需的。
nà wǒmen xiān shēnqǐng jǐ ge dà róngliàng yìngpán ba ，zhèxiē shì jíxū de 。
Then let's first apply for a few big harddrives. Those are urgent.
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