每天说半小时英语口语074

Let's start to study how to use computers ,Paubler.It's good to know that a computer has two major parts,the hardware and the software.
Paubler，让我们开始学习如何使用电脑。我们应该知道电脑有两部分组成：硬件和软件。

What's the hardware?
什么是硬件？

The hardware of computer is basically all the concrete things you can touch with your hands and see with your eyes.
基本上，电脑的硬件是所有你能用手摸到、用眼看到的实物。

That's seems obvious enough.then what about the software?
这样就够明显了，那么什么是软件呢？

The software of computer is all the programmes inside the computer that allow you to use the computer to do things.
电脑的软件是所有装在电脑里面的程序，这些程序让你可以使用电脑来做事。

I see,actually the hardware is the easy part,I do want to study how to use the software.
我明白了，事实上，硬件是容易的一部分。我想学习如何使用硬件。

Right you are,Paubler,and since what you want to learn is how to use software ,we should also learn to refer to the computer menus.
你说得对。Paubler，既然你想学习如何使用硬件，我们还应该学习计算机菜单。

Ever since I saw computer can do your project,I wanted to have a computer.
自从我看到电脑可以用来做你的计划，我就想用一台电脑。