Ann: Could you tell me the truth?
你能告诉我真相吗?
Lily: What?
什么?
Ann: Could cactus protect people from the computer radiation?
仙人掌能防止电脑辐射吗?
Lily: Some people believe so, but I don’t.
一些人的确是这样认为的,但是我不这么认为。
Ann: Why?
为什么?
Lily: They believe that because cactus grows in the desert, so it can absorb in the radiation.
他们这样认为是因为仙人掌是在沙漠地区生长的,所以能吸收辐射。
Ann: But, it really can absorb in radiation.
但是,它真的能吸收辐射啊。
Lily: No, I mean that the radiation is computer radiation. It’s different.
不,我说的这个辐射是指电脑辐射。不一样的。
Ann: Oh, I see. I do something in vain.
哦,我明白了,我白做工了。
Lily: I think so.
的确。