Building My Computer

Mom popped her head into my room. “ Your room is clean! ” " I’m building my computer, ” I told her. " You have to build a computer in a clean space. No dust or cat hair. ” Dad came in and sat on my bed. He looked impressed when he saw the computer parts spread out on my desk.

妈妈把头伸进我的房间。“你的房间很干净！” "我正在建造我的电脑，”我告诉她。 "你必须在干净的地方建造一台电脑。没有灰尘或猫毛。” 爸爸进来坐在我的床上。 当他看到电脑零件摊在我的桌子上时，他看起来印象深刻。

" So what do you do first?” " This is the power supply. ” I held up a black box with cords running out. " First I’ll put it in the computer’s case so I can plug the computer in. ” " Be careful! ” said Mom. " I’ll keep everything unplugged while I’m building, ” I said as I screwed the power supply into the case.

"那么你首先要做什么？” "这是电源。”我举起一个黑色的盒子，盒子里的电线已经用完了。 "首先我会把它放在电脑的盒子里，这样我就可以把电脑插上了。” "小心！”妈妈说。 "当我把电源拧进箱子时，我会把所有的东西都拔掉。”。

" Next I have to work with the motherboard. ” I held up the board. Mom chuckled. “ It looks more like a ‘robot’ board than a ‘mother’ board. ” " A motherboard is like the computer’s nervous system. Other parts plug into it, and the motherboard lets the parts communicate.

"接下来，我必须使用主板。”我举起了董事会。 妈妈笑了。“它看起来更像一个‘机器人’板，而不是‘母亲’板。” "主板就像电脑的神经系统。 其他部件插入其中，主板允许部件通信。

The motherboard makes sure the information in the computer gets to where it needs to go. ” " Your mother makes sure everyone in our family gets to where they need to go, ” said Dad. Mom laughed. I picked up a small square package. “ This is the central processing unit, or CPU. The CPU does all of the computer’s work. It’s like the computer’s brain. ”

主板确保计算机中的信息到达需要的位置。” "你妈妈确保我们家的每个人都能到达他们需要去的地方，”爸爸说。 妈妈笑了。我拿起一个方形的小包。“这是中央处理器或CPU。 CPU完成计算机的所有工作。这就像电脑的大脑。”

That’s a pretty thin brain! ” said Dad. “ How can it remember anything?” " The CPU isn’t exactly like a person’s brain, ” I explained. " It does the thinking for the computer, but it doesn’t actually store information. There are two other pieces of hardware for that. ”

这是一个相当薄的大脑！”爸爸说。“它怎么会记得什么？” "CPU并不完全像人的大脑，”我解释道。 "它为计算机提供了思路，但实际上并不存储信息。 还有另外两种硬件。”

I pointed to a metal box. “ The hard drive is where the computer stores all of its information. When you save something, it’s stored on the hard drive. ” Then I held up a rectangular piece. “ This is RAM. That stands for random access memory. RAM is where the computer puts information while it’s working on it. I’m putting in extra RAM so I can work on several things at the same time. ”

我指着一个金属盒子。“硬盘是计算机存储所有信息的地方。 保存东西时，它会存储在硬盘上。” 然后我举起一块长方形的。“这是RAM。 这代表随机存取存储器。 RAM是计算机工作时存放信息的地方。 我增加了额外的RAM，这样我可以同时处理多件事情。”