Intermediate - Putting Documents on the Cloud (C2449)

A: 哎,你这是什么软件啊?
āi, nǐ zhè shì shénme ruǎnjiàn ā?
Hey, what is this software of yours?
B: “GoogleDrive”,谷歌硬盘。
" Google Drive”, Gǔgē yìngpán.
Google Drive.
A: 没听说过。这是干什么用的?
méi tīngshuō guò. zhè shì gàn shénme yòngde?
I've never heard of it. What do you use it for?
B: 是一款非常好用的免费网络文件工具,可以存储并且共享文件。
shì yī kuǎn fēicháng hǎoyòng de miǎnfèi wǎngluò wénjiàn gōngjù, kěyǐ cúnchǔ bìngqiě gòngxiǎng wénjiàn.
It's a really handy, free online documents tool. You can store and share files.
A: 方便吗?
fāngbiàn ma?
Is it convenient?
B: 很方便。现在这种云存储软件很多。比如百度云、SkyDrive、Dropbox什么的。
hěn fāngbiàn. xiànzài zhè zhǒng yúncúnchǔ ruǎnjiàn hěn duō. bǐrú Bǎidùyún、 Skydrive、 Dropbox shénmede.
It's very convenient. Nowadays there are lots of these kinds of cloud storage software. For example, Baidu Cloud, Sky Drive, Dropbox, etc.
A: 什么是云存储啊?
shénme shì yúncúnchǔ ā?
What is cloud storage?
B: 简单地说,就是你把文件放在Google的云盘里。然后只要你登录,就可以在不同的设备上使用这个文件了。
jiǎndān de shuō, jiùshì nǐ bǎ wénjiàn fàngzài Google de yúnpán lǐ. ránhòu zhǐyào nǐ dēnglù, jiù kěyǐ zài bùtóng de shèbèi shàng shǐyòng zhè gè wénjiàn le.
Simply put, it's putting your files up on Google's cloud drive. Then as long as you're logged in, you can make use of these documents on different devices.
A: 那我就不需要用闪存了。真方便。
nà wǒ jiù bù xūyào yòng shǎncún le. zhēn fāngbiàn.
Then I don't need to use up memory. That's so convenient.

Key Vocabulary

软件 ruǎnjiàn software
谷歌 Gǔgē Google
硬盘 yìngpán hard drive
kuǎn classifier for versions or models (of a product)
免费 miǎnfèi free
网络 wǎngluò Internet
文件 wénjiàn document
工具 gōngjù tool
存储 cúnchǔ storage, to store
共享 gòngxiǎng to share
云盘 yúnpán cloud drive
登录 dēnglù to log in
设备 shèbèi equipment,devices
使用 shǐyòng to use
闪存 shǎncún flash memory

Supplementary Vocabulary

同事 tóngshì colleague
分享 fēnxiǎng to share
山谷 shāngǔ mountain valley
塑料 sùliào plastic
功能 gōngnéng function
目的 mùdì purpose
存钱 cúnqián to deposit money
保存 bǎocún to preserve
编辑 biānjí to compile, to edit

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