{"id":367,"date":"2025-03-03T21:54:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T13:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/?p=367"},"modified":"2026-07-26T22:21:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T14:21:45","slug":"english-pod-6-the-office-%e2%80%90-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/?p=367","title":{"rendered":"English Pod 7 The Office\u00a0\u2010\u00a0Virus!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dialogue<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/audio.rainyjames.com\/englishpod\/englishpod_C0007dg.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A: Oh great! This stupid computer <strong>froze<\/strong> again! That&#8217;s the<br>third time today! Hey Samuel, can you come <strong>take a look<\/strong> at<br>my PC? Its <strong>acting up<\/strong> again. It must have a virus or<br>something.<br>B: Just give me a second; I\u2018ll <strong>be right up<\/strong>.<br>B: I ran a virus scan on your computer, and it turns<br>out that you have a lot of infected files!<br><br>A: But I\u2018m quite careful when I\u2019m <strong>browsing<\/strong> the<br>internet, I have no idea how I could have <strong>picke<\/strong>d<br><strong>up <\/strong>a virus.<br>B: Well, you have to make sure that your anti-virus<br>software is updated regularly; yours wasn\u2019t <strong>up to date<\/strong>,<br>that\u2019s probably what was causing your problems.<br><br>A: Ok. Anything else?<br>B: Yeah, try not to kick or hit the computer!<br>A: Um yeah&amp; Sorry about that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Explain<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/audio.rainyjames.com\/englishpod\/englishpod_C0007pb.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key Vocabulary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">freeze \u2014 principle verb, present simple to stop working properly<br>take a look \u2014 phrase see, revise<br>act up \u2014 principle verb, present simple not working properly<br>be right up \u2014 phrase go upstairs soon<br><br>pick up \u2014 principle verb, present simple get, acquire<br>browse \u2014 principle verb, present simple look, search<br>up to date \u2014 phrase having all the most recent information infected [\u026an\u02c8fekt\u026ad] file \u2014\u2014 An infected file is a file in your computer that has a virus in it.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Example\uff1a<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>not up to date \u2014 It means it doesn\u2018t have all the most recent information<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voice: Example one.<br>A: I need to buy a new computer, because mine isn\u2019t up to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voice: Example two.<br>B: I can\u2018t find this street. Are you sure this map is up to date?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voice: Example three.<br>C: Sarah has just finished the report and all the information is up to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ll be right up<br>Voice: Example one.<br>A: Can you help me with my computer?<br>B: I\u2018ll be right there.<br><br>Voice: Example two.<br>C: Come downstairs. Dinner is ready.<br>D: I\u2019ll be right down!<br><br>Voice: Example three.<br>E: Hurry up! I need to use the bathroom!<br>F: I\u2019ll be right out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dialogue A: Oh great! This stupid computer froze again! That&#8217;s thethird time today! Hey Samuel, can you come take a look atmy PC? Its acting up again. It must have a virus orsomething.B: Just give me a second; I\u2018ll be right up.B: I ran a virus scan on your computer, and it turnsout that you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[31,33,29],"class_list":["post-367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","tag-english","tag-english-pod","tag-29"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=367"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5155,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions\/5155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}