AOL is a company and a kind of internet service that began in the United States. The letters stand for its original name, America Online.

AOL是一家公司，也是一種源自美國的網路服務。 The letters stand for its original name, America Online這幾個字母代表它原本的名字America Online。

For many families in the 1990s, AOL was how they first got onto the internet: you used the phone line, heard a squeaky connecting sound, and then you had email and a simple set of pages for news, chat, and business information. You say the three letters, A-O-L.

For many families in the 1990s對九〇年代的很多家庭來說， AOL was how they first got onto the internetAOL就是他們第一次上網的方式：you used the phone line, heard a squeaky connecting sound你用電話線撥接，聽到嗶嗶嘎嘎的連線聲， and then you had email and a simple set of pages for news, chat, and business information然後就有email，還有一些簡單的新聞、聊天、商業資訊頁面可以看。 You say the three letters, A-O-L要把三個字母分開唸，A-O-L。

Though actually, AOL was never the whole internet. It was a walled garden that made going online feel easy and safe, and then the open web grew past it.

Though actually, AOL was never the whole internet不過其實，AOL從來都不是整個網際網路。 It was a walled garden that made going online feel easy and safe它是一個讓上網感覺輕鬆又安全的「圍牆花園」， and then the open web grew past it後來開放的網路就發展超越了它。

Younger students may only know the name from old films, or from the line "you've got mail," which was how AOL told you a message had arrived. It is a piece of internet history now, not the way most people get online today.

Younger students may only know the name from old films年紀較小的學生可能只在老電影裡聽過這個名字， or from the line "you've got mail,"或是聽過"you've got mail"這句台詞， which was how AOL told you a message had arrived那是AOL用來告訴你有新訊息的方式。 It is a piece of internet history now它現在是網路歷史的一部分了， not the way most people get online today不是現在大多數人上網的方式。