Rita：Hi, Jane. What are you up to?
瑞塔︰嗨，阿珍，妳在做什麼？
Jane：I'm just chatting with a friend of mine online.
阿珍︰我正在線上和一個朋友聊天。
Rita：Oh, was there a chat program on your computer?
瑞塔︰喔，妳電腦裡有聊天的程式嗎？
Jane：No, I just downloaded it so I could communicate with people in America.
阿珍︰沒有，我剛剛下載的，這樣我才能跟美國的朋友聯絡。
Rita：Actually, Jane, you're not permitted to download any software.
瑞塔︰事實上，阿珍。妳不准下載任何軟體。
Jane：Really? It was never a problem when I worked here before.
阿珍︰真的嗎？以前我在這家公司上班時，沒有這個問題。
Rita：Well, that's the policy now. You'll have to delete the program.
瑞塔︰嗯，這是現在的規定，妳得把程式刪除才行。
延伸學習
未經授權的╱未經許可的
例︰I'm authorized to act for the manager while he is on his business trip.（我被授權在經理出差時代理他的工作。）
例︰Professor Lee is an authority on genetic engineering.（李教授是遺傳工程學的權威。）
例︰The president of the US has authority over the country's armed forces.（美國總統有權指揮該國的軍力。）
What are you up to?
妳在做什麼？（通常指鬼鬼祟祟，或不好的事情）
例︰Those kids are too quiet. They must be up to some mischief.（那些孩子太安靜了。他們一定在惡作劇。）
permit vt. 允許
例︰Are we permitted to smoke in this restaurant?（這家餐廳准許我們在裡面抽菸嗎？）
例︰X-rays allow doctors to see their patients' insides.（X光讓醫師可以看到病人的內部情況。）
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