How do I listen to the songs on my iPod through  computer speakers?

Ok. I give up.
I don't understand how this iPod Shuffle works.
I got it a few months ago, and copied three or four Brian Eno albums onto it (46 songs to be exact).
I can listen to the songs on the iPod when I am using it with the earphones, but when I plug it into the computer, it says something about "some of the items in the library were not copied to the iPod because they could not be found." (Meaning none of the songs were copied.)
I don't understand what it's trying to do.
The songs were already on the iPod. Why is it trying to "copy" them on to it?
And if I unplug the iPod from the computer and play it through the headphones, the songs are still there.
Could somebody please help me?
I just want to be able to listen to the songs that are on my iPod through my computer speakers. How on earth do I do that?!!

I have the syncing option unchecked, that is why I do not understand why it is trying to sync.
I am also trying to play songs off my iPod via iTunes.
I also don't understand why I need to have the same songs on my PC if they are on the Shuffle. My songs are on my external hard drive... which I don't always have turned on, or with me for that matter. I certainly don't want to be hauling a hard drive around with me wherever I travel to. I want to be able to copy a small number of my favourite songs onto the Shuffle so I can carry the Shuffle and the laptop around with me and listen to them.
I need to be portable!!!

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