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PostPosted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 3:03 am    Post subject: get on one's computer Reply with quote
Hello teachers,

Quote:
"Maybe it's because I'm in college and I have an eighteen-year-old sister and a ten-year-old brother, but, let me tell you, nobody I know buys CDs anymore. My sister--she just gets on her computer, and she knows only two things, file sharing and instant messaging. She and friends go online, and one instant-messages the other, and says, 'Oh, there's this cool song I just found,' and they go and download it, play it, and instant-message back about it. My brother has never even seen a CD-except for the ones my sister burns."


Could you tell me the meaning of the phrase "get on one's computer" in this quote?

Thanks in advance.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 7:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It means that she turns on her computer and starts using it, but the only thing she does is file-sharing and instant messaging.
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