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Book3Lesson51Part1LeadinPredicting

the

FuturePart2text(1)

Predicting

the

future

is

notoriously

difficult.

✒单词：Predict

vt.

/

vi.

预言；预示；预告；________________

n.

e.g.Theyoungpeoplealsopredictedthattheywouldbeearningonaverage£31,000bytheageof25,althoughtheaveragesalaryforthoseaged22to29isjust£17,815.（08高考）

prediction(2)Who

could

have

imagined,

in

the

mid

1970s,

for

example,

that

by

the

end

of

the

20th

century,

computers

would

be

as

common

in

people’s

homes

as

TV

sets?

✒词组：in

the

mid

1970s:

________________

✒句型：computerswouldbeascommoninpeople’shomesasTVsets翻译：现如今在我们生活中，车子就和智能电视一样普及。_____________________________________________________________在20世纪70年代中叶Nowadays,

cars

are

as

common

in

our

lives

as

smart

TVs.

(3)In

the

1970s,

computers

were

common

enough,

but

only

in

big

business,

government

departments,

and

large

organizations.

✒单词：

organization

n.

组织；_______

vt.

/vi.

组织，筹备，安排；organize(4)These

were

the

so-called

mainframe

machines.✒词组：so-called：________________号称，所谓的(5)Mainframe

computers

were

very

large,

often

occupying

whole

air-conditioned

rooms,

employing

full-time

technicians

and

run

on

specially-written

software.✒单词：

occupy:

take

possession

ofe.g.

If

you’re

interested

in

taking

a

year

out.

You

must

make

sure

that

the

university

will

______

your

place

for

you

till

next

year.（02高考）hold B.

leave C.

occupy D.

remain✒词组：specially-written

_____________

专门编写的A(6)Thoughtheselargemachinesstillexist,manyoftheirfunctionshavebeentakenoverbysmallpowerfulpersonalcomputers,commonlyknownasPCs.✒词组：take

over

_____________✒句型：Mainframecomputerswereverylargeindeed.Theyoftenoccupiedwholeair-conditionedrooms.Theyemployedfull-timetechniciansandwererunonspecially-writtensoftware.在写作时，可以利用分词作主语补足语（伴随状语），来将一些没必要单独成句的短句子合成一个有分量的长句/上等佳句。接收，接管(7)Mainframe

computers

were

very

large,

often

occupying

whole

air-conditioned

rooms,

employing

full-time

technicians

and

run

on

specially-written

software.✒翻译：这位老师非常受欢迎。她常常以其热忱来感染她的学生，密切关注成绩不好的同学。那些在人生道路上有困惑的同学也经常来请教她。________________________________________________________________________________________________________✒翻译：拉链是19世纪被意外发明的，上个世纪经历了好几次改良。现在拉链已经是日常生活中的必需品，在衣服和包上很好的发挥功效。____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Theteacherwasverypopularindeed,ofteninfectinghispupilswithenthusiasm,payingcloseattentiontothepoorstudentsandinquiredbystudentsinlifeconfusion.Inventedinthe19thcenturybyaccidentandhavingexperiencedseveralimprovementsduringlastcentury,nowthezipperisthenecessityindailylife,functioningwellinclothesandbags.(8)In1975,aprimitivemachinecalledtheAltair,waslaunchedintheUSA.(9)Itcanproperlybedescribedasthefirst‘homecomputer’anditpointedthewaytothefuture.✒词组：homecomputer___________扩展：电脑的种类有________________________✒pointthewayto

指向，通向e.g.Theconferencepointedawaytothefurthercooperationofthetwocompanies.家用电脑desktop,

laptop,

palmtop

(10)This

was

followed,

at

the

end

of

the

1970s,

by

a

machine

called

an

Apple.✒句型：Thetreatmentwasfollowedbygoodresults.___________________努力之后，才能获得高分。____________________________________________________治疗之后，情况良好The

hard

work

was

followed

by

good

marks.(11)In

the

early

1980s,

the

computer

giant,

IBM

produced

the

world’s

first

Personal

Computer.(12)This

ran

on

an

‘operating

system’

called

DOS,

produced

by

a

then

small

company

named

Microsoft.✒词组：a

then

small

company

________________________翻译：当时的第一夫人已离开人世。__________________________________那时候规模尚小的一公司The

then

first

lady

has

passed

away.(13)The

IBM

Personal

Computer

was

widely

copied.✒扩展：copy:

含义广泛，指精确的或不精确的复制品；duplicate:

一模一样的，可以代替原件的复制品；reproduction:

按着原物复制的产品，强调与原物相似。(14)From

those

humble

beginnings,

we

have

seen

the

development

of

the

user-friendly

home

computers

and

multimedia

machines

which

are

in

common

use

today.✒单词：user-friendly便于操作的

-friendly表示“利于，便于地”扩展：利于消费者的_________________multimedia多媒体,multi-表示manyormuch篇章：Pleasesumupthesecondparagraph.___________________________________________________________consumer-friendlyThis

paragraph

mainly

talks

about

the

development

of

home

computers.

(15)Considering

how

recent

these

developments

are,

it

is

even

more

remarkable,

that

as

long

as

the

1960s,

an

Englishman,

Leon

Bagrit,

was

able

to

predict

some

of

the

uses

of

computers

which

we

know

today.

✒词组：aslongagoasthe1960s是一种强调用法，普通用法是inthe1960s✒句型：Consideringhowrecentthesedevelopmentsare不是伴随状语，是独立主格结构，因为consider的逻辑主语与后面的主句主语不一致。e.g.Consideringtheamountshepaid,hewasdearinmorewaysthanone!(L19)(15)Considering

how

recent

these

developments

are,

it

is

even

more

remarkable,

that

as

long

as

the

1960s,

an

Englishman,

Leon

Bagrit,

was

able

to

predict

some.

Of.

the

uses

of

computers

which

we

know

today.

✒翻译：想一想这些变化有多巨大，就更觉得玛雅人有着非凡的能力。他们在公元前2000年就能预言阿道夫.希特勒的不同寻常的未来。____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Considering

how

dramatic

these

changes

are,

it

is

even

more

remarkable

that

as

long

ago

as

2000

BC,

the

Maya

were

able

to

predict

the

unusual

future

of

Adolf

Hitler.(16)Bagrit

dismissed

the

idea

that

computers

would

learn

to

think

for

themselves

and

would

‘rule

the

world’,

which

people

liked

to

believe

in

those

days.✒句型：dismisstheideathat不考虑…这个想法，同位语从句，用于正式文体。✒翻译：希特勒的母亲当时根本不相信希特勒会成为德国总理，他的纳粹德国军队和轴心国成员会统治大部分欧洲，正如我们今天所知道的一样。________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Hitler’s

mother

dismissed

the

idea

that

her

son

would

be

come

the

chancellor

of

Germany

and

his

Nazi

Germany,

together

with

the

Axix

Powers,

would

rule

most

parts

of

Europe,

as

we

know

today.

(17)Bagrit

foresaw

a

time

when

computers

would

be

small

enough

to

hold

in

the

hand,

when

they

would

be

capable

of

providing

information

about

traffic

jams

and

suggesting

alternative

routes,

when

they

would

be

used

in

hospitals

to

help

doctors

to

diagnose

illnesses,

when

they

would

relieve

office

workers

and

accountants

of

dull

repetitive

clerical

work.

✒单词：Computers

small

enough

to

hold

in

the

hand=

smartphones;Devices

capable

of

providing

information

about

traffic

jams

and

suggesting

alternative

routes=

GPS;Other

underlined

parts=

applications(18)

All

these

computer

uses

have

become

commonplace.

✒单词：adj.

平凡的；扩展：表示平凡的词____________________________________________翻译：他是个平凡的人，可他做的是不平凡事。undistinguished,

regular,

average,

ordinary,

typical(19)Of

course,

Leon

Bagrit

could

not

possibly

have

foreseen

the

development

of

the

internet,

the

worldwide

system

that

enables

us

to

communicate

instantly

with

anyone

in

any

part

of

the

world

by

using

computers

linked

to

telephone

networks.

✒语法：后面的这个词组用来进一步说明名词theInternet，是它的___________，这种用法在科技类的文章中很常见。同位语(20)Nor

could

he

have

foreseen

how

we

could

use

the

Internet

to

obtain

information

on

every

known

subject,

so

we

can

read

it

on

a

screen

in

our

homes

and

even

print

it

as

well

if

we

want

to.✒单词：

foresee：预见

扩展：fore前缀表示“前”，其他的有____________________forecast,foretell(21)Computers

have

become

smaller

and

smaller,

more

and

more

powerful,

cheaper

and

cheaper.

✒词组：smaller

and

smaller越来越✒翻译：现在人