DSL is a telephone line with extra equipment so it can carry the internet — sending and receiving information much faster than the old kind of phone call that sang and clicked before you could go online.

DSL數位用戶迴路 is a telephone line with extra equipment so it can carry the internet是一種加裝了額外設備、可以傳輸網路的電話線 — sending and receiving information much faster傳送和接收資料的速度快很多 than the old kind of phone call that sang and clicked before you could go online比起以前那種要先「唱歌」和「喀喀叫」才能上網的舊式撥接電話。

For years this was how many homes got broadband: the same copper phone wire, but you could use the web and the phone at the same time. The common home kind was ADSL (faster coming into the house than going out).

For years this was how many homes got broadband有很長一段時間，很多家庭都是靠這個方式取得寬頻網路: the same copper phone wire用的是同一條銅製電話線, but you could use the web and the phone at the same time但可以同時上網又講電話。The common home kind was ADSL家庭最常見的一種叫ADSL, (faster coming into the house than going out)下載速度比上傳速度快。

Though actually, in many places fibre lines have now taken over, so younger people may never have had DSL; their parents may remember the phone-company box and the “ADSL” bill. The word is a bit technical and a bit dated, but you still meet it on old contracts and “DSL modem” labels.

Though actually, in many places fibre lines have now taken over不過其實，現在很多地方光纖已經取代了它, so younger people may never have had DSL所以年輕人可能從來沒用過DSL; their parents may remember the phone-company box and the "ADSL" bill他們的爸媽可能還記得電信公司的那個小盒子和「ADSL」的帳單。The word is a bit technical and a bit dated這個字有點技術性，也有點過時, but you still meet it on old contracts and "DSL modem" labels但還是會在舊合約和「DSL modem」的標籤上看到它。