第四章 Disks磁盘
第十一课 Floppy Disk软盘
1.When you want the computer to read information from a floppy disk or write information on it, you insert the disk in your floppy disk drive.
当你要计算机读写软盘时，你要把它放入软盘驱动器（亦称软驱）中。
2.Floppy disks are available in two sizes, 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch.
软盘有5.25英寸和3.5英寸两种尺寸。
3.The floppy disk drive is designed to work with disks that can hold a specific amount of information, so you should know which dis capacity works best with the disk drive.
软盘驱动器为适于特定容量的磁盘而设计，所以要知道在软驱上使用多大容量的软盘最好。
New Words & Terms
read 读
write 写
insert 放入；插入
available 可用的
size 尺寸；大小
inch 英寸（吋）
design 设计
specific 特定的；指明的
capacity 容量
注：
1.Floppy disks are available in two sizes.其正常语序就是Floppy disks in two sizes are available.
2.that can hold a specific amount of information 是限制性定语从句修饰名词disks，译作“能容纳特定信息量的磁盘”。
Exercises
1.将下列短语译成汉语：
①read information from a floppy disk
②write information on a floppy disk
③place a disk in the floppy disk drive
④disk capacity