Intermediate - Copy and Paste (C1899)

A: 女儿,你快过来教我一下怎么复制粘贴。
nǚ'ér, nǐ kuài guòlai jiāo wǒ yīxià zěnme fùzhì niántiē.
Daughter, come over real quick and teach me how to copy and paste.
B: 来了,来了。你在跟谁聊天呢?
lái le, lái le. nǐ zài gēn shéi liáotiān ne?
Coming. Who are you chatting with?
A: 一个网友。
yī ge wǎngyǒu.
An online friend.
B: 哪儿的?
nǎr de?
From where?
A: 你别管那么多。教我怎么用就好了。
nǐ bié guǎn nàme duō. jiāo wǒ zěnme yòng jiù hǎo le.
You don't need to know that much. Just teach me how to do it.
B: 你先按control加A是全选。然后按control加C是复制。
nǐ xiān àn control jiā A shì quánxuǎn. ránhòu àn control jiā C shì fùzhì.
Press control plus A to select everything. Then hit control plus C to copy.
A: 等等,什么是control?
děng deng, shénme shì control?
Wait a sec, what's "control?"
B: 就是左下角的这个键啊,c,t,r,l.
jiùshì zuǒxiàjiǎo de zhè ge jiàn a, c, t, r, l.
It's this key in the lower left corner. "c, t, r, l."
A: 这么复杂!又是英文的,又是这个加那个的,有没有简单一点的方法?
zhème fùzá! yòu shì Yīngwén de, yòu shì zhè ge jiā nà ge de, yǒumeiyǒu jiǎndān yīdiǎn de fāngfǎ?
That's so complicated! Not only is it English, you have to press that plus another key. Is there an easier way?
B: 那你用鼠标吧。先按住鼠标左键来选择,然后单击鼠标右键,这个时候会出来一个框。你找到"复制"两个字,然后单击一下鼠标左键。这样就复制好了。
nà nǐ yòng shǔbiāo ba. xiān àn zhù shǔbiāo zuǒjiàn lái xuǎnzé, ránhòu dānjī shǔbiāo yòujiàn, zhège shíhòu huì chūlai yī ge kuàng. nǐ zhǎodào" fùzhì" liǎng ge zì, ránhòu dānjī yīxià shǔbiāo zuǒjiàn. zhèyàng jiù fùzhì hǎo le.
Use the mouse, then. First, use the left mouse button to select, then click the right mouse button once. When you do that, a frame will appear. Find "copy," then use only the left mouse button to click on it. This will copy it.
A: 哦。
ò.
Ah.
B: 然后你再打开QQ。同样的方法,先单击鼠标右键,出来一个框,然后找到"粘贴"两个字,再单击一下鼠标左键。你看,好了!
ránhòu nǐ zài dǎkāi QQ. tóngyàng de fāngfǎ, xiān dānjī shǔbiāo yòujiàn, chūlai yī ge kuàng, ránhòu zhǎodào" niántiē" liǎng ge zì, zài dānjī yīxià shǔbiāo zuǒjiàn. nǐ kàn, hǎo le!
Then open up QQ again. It's the same method: first right click, which will open up a frame, then find "paste." Finally, use only the left mouse button to click on it. Look, it's done!
A: 还是有点复杂。你帮我写在纸上吧!
háishì yǒudiǎn fùzá. nǐ bāng wǒ xiě zài zhǐ shàng ba!
It's still a bit complicated. Write it down for me on a piece of paper!
B: 老妈,你真烦!
lǎomā, nǐ zhēn fán!
Mom, you're such a pain!

Key Vocabulary

jiāo to teach
复制 fùzhì to copy
粘贴 niántiē to paste
聊天 liáotiān to chat
网友 wǎngyǒu online friend
guǎn to manage, to supervise
xiān first
然后 ránhòu then
àn to press
jiā to add
全选 quánxuǎn to select all
左下角 zuǒxiàjiǎo lower left corner
jiàn key
复杂 fùzá complicated
yòu not only...
简单 jiǎndān simple
方法 fāngfǎ method
鼠标 shǔbiāo mouse
zhù firmly
左键 zuǒjiàn left button
选择 xuǎnzé to choose
单击 dānjī to click
右键 yòujiàn right button
这个时候 zhège shíhòu at this time
kuàng frame
打开 dǎkāi to open
同样 tóngyàng same
fán annoying

Supplementary Vocabulary

键盘 jiànpán keyboard
双击 shuāngjī double-click
左上角 zuǒshàngjiǎo upper-left corner
右下角 yòuxiàjiǎo lower-right corner
右上角 yòushàngjiǎo upper-right corner
打游戏 dǎ yóuxì to play video games
全部 quánbù all

Online Review and Discussion .   ©2012 Praxis Language Ltd.