Mad at her computer——她生电脑的气

The community college where my ex-husband teaches is next door to the North Carolina School for the Deaf. One day he entered the computer lab and noticed a hearing-impaired student signing away animatedly¹ -- but, it seemed, to no one in particular. He asked her interpreter² if the student was okay. "Oh, she's fine," said the interpreter. "She's just swearing at her computer.

我前夫任教的社区大学的傍边是北卡聋人学校。 一天，他进入电脑实验室时发觉一个听力受损的学生正激动地比划着聋人手语 -- 但她面前并没有人。 于是，我前夫问这个女学生的翻译这个学生是否有问题。“噢，她没事”，翻译说。“她只是在对电脑发脾气”。