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Predicting the future
　　Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
　　听录音，然后回答以下问题。
　　What was the 'future' electronic development that Leon Bagrit wasn't able to foresee?
　　Predicting the future is notoriously difficult. 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? In the 1970s, computers were common enough, but only in big business, government departments, and large organizations. These were the so-called mainframe machines. Mainframe computers were very large indeed, often occupying whole air-conditioned rooms, employing full-time technicians and run on specially-written software. Though these large machines still exist, many of their functions have been taken over by small powerful personal computers, commonly known as PCs.
　　In 1975, a primitive machine called the Altair, was launched in the USA. It can properly be described as the first 'home computer' and it pointed the way to the future. This was followed, at the end of the 1970s, by a machine called an Apple. In the early 1980s, the computer giant, IBM produced the world's first Personal Computer. This ran on an 'operating system' called DOS, produced by a then small company named Microsoft. The IBM Personal Computer was widely copied. From those humble beginnings, we have seen the development of the user-friendly home computers and multimedia machines which are in common use today.
　　Considering how recent these developments are, it is even more remarkable that as long ago as the 1960s, an Englishman, Leon Bagrit, was able to predict some of the uses of computers which we know today. 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. 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. All these computer uses have become commonplace. 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. 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. Computers have become smaller and smaller, more and more powerful and cheaper and cheaper. This is what makes Leon Bagrit's predictions particularly remarkable. If he, or someone like him, were alive today, he might be able to tell us what to expect in the next fifty years.
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full-time adj.全职工作
【反义词】 part-time兼职的
【单词搭配】full-timejob全职工作
【单词例句】
A: Do you want to do a full-time or part-time job?
A:你是想做全职还是兼职？
B: I just want to do part-time job.
B：我只想做兼职。
technician& [tek'n??(?)n]&& n.技师
software软件
【单词构造】soft（软的）+ware（制品，器具）= software（软件）
【单词扩充】hardware硬件
【单词例句】
A: What kind of software can you use?
A：你会使用哪些电脑软件程序？
B:I can skillfully use Dos, Windows,and Word.
B：我能够熟练使用Dos和Windows操作系统，能够熟练使用Word.
IBM 国际商用机器公司
DOS 磁盘操作系统(Disk Operating System)
Microsoft& ['maikr?us?ft] （美国）微软公司
user friendly& ['fren(d)l?] adj.容易操作的，好用的
multimedia& ['m?lt?mi:d??]& 多媒体的
【单词构造】multi（表示多的前缀）+media（媒体）= multimedia（多媒体的）
【单词例句】
When do you think multimedia communication can become a reality?
你认为何时能实现多媒体通信？
alternative [?:l't?:n?t?v; ?l-] n.选择的
【单词扩充】selective选择的
【单词搭配】have no alternative别无选择&&&
【单词例句】
They had no altemative in the matter.&&&
在这件事上，他fl]没有选择的余地。
diagnose& ['da??gn??z; -'n??z]&& v.诊断
relieve v. 减轻
account [?'ka?nt]&& n.账目
【派生词】accountant会计
【单词搭配】take account of考虑到，估计
【单词例句】
A: Have you obtained the money from Future Company?
A:你从未来公司拿到钱了吗？
B: We could write it off as a bad accountonly.
B：我们只能把它作为坏账注销。
repetitive [r?'pet?t?v]&& adj.重复的
clerical adj. 办公室工作的
【单词搭配】clerical personnel办事员
【单词例句】
A:I can use computer and am familiar& with all clerical duties.
A:我会使用电脑并且熟悉所有文员的工作。
B: Maybe you are just the person we want.
B：也许你就是我们要找的人。
Internet ['?nt?net]&& 国际交互网
network ['netw?:k]&& 网络
【单词构造】net（网）+work（工作）= network（网络）
【单词例句】
Do you know any popular network techniques?
你知道一些热门的网络技术吗？
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新概念英语第三册：Predicting the future
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　　Predicting the future 预测未来
　　Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
　　听录音，然后回答以下问题。
　　What was the 'future' electronic development that Leon Bagrit wasn't able to foresee?
　　Predicting the future is notoriously difficult. 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? In the 1970s, computers were common enough, but only in big business, government departments, and large organizations. These were the so-called mainframe machines. Mainframe computers were very large indeed, often occupying whole air-conditioned rooms, employing full-time technicians and run on specially-written software. Though these large machines still exist, many of their functions have been taken over by small powerful personal computers, commonly known as PCs.
　　In 1975, a primitive machine called the Altair, was launched in the USA. It can properly be described as the first 'home computer' and it pointed the way to the future. This was followed, at the end of the 1970s, by a machine called an Apple. In the early 1980s, the computer giant, IBM produced the world's first Personal Computer. This ran on an "operating system" called DOS, produced by a then small company named Microsoft. The IBM Personal Computer was widely copied. From those humble beginnings, we have seen the development of the user-friendly home computers and multimedia machines which are in common use today.
　　Considering how recent these developments are, it is even more remarkable that as long ago as the 1960s, an Englishman, Leon Bagrit, was able to predict some of the uses of computers which we know today. 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. 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. All these computer uses have become commonplace. 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. 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. Computers have become smaller and smaller, more and more powerful and cheaper and cheaper. This is what makes Leon Bagrit's predictions particularly remarkable. If he, or someone like him, were alive today, he might be able to tell us what to expect in the next 50 years.
　　New words and expressions 生词与短语
　　notoriously
　　adv. (尤指因坏事)众所周知地
　　full-time
　　adj. 专职的
　　technician
　　n. 技师
　　software
　　n. 软件
　　(美国)国际商用机器公司(International Business Machines)
　　磁盘操作系统(Disk Operating System)
　　Microsoft
　　n. (美国)微软公司
　　user-friendly
　　adj. 容易操作的，好用的
　　mainframe
　　n. 主机，中央处理机
　　multimedia
　　adj. 多媒体的
　　alternative
　　adj. 选择的
　　diagnose
　　v. 诊断
　　relieve
　　v. 减轻
　　accountant
　　n. 会计
　　repetitive
　　adj. 重复的
　　clerical
　　adj. 办公室工作的
　　Internet
　　n. 国际交互网
　　network
　　n. 网络
　　本文参考译文
　　众所周知，预测未来是非常困难的。举个例子吧，在20世纪70年代中叶又有谁能想得到在20世纪末的时候，家庭用的计算机会像电视机一样普遍?在70年代，计算机已经相当普及了，但只用在大公司，政府部门和大的组织之中，它们被称为主机。计算机主机确实很大，常常占据了装有空调的多间房间，雇用专职的技师，而且得用专门编写的软件才能运行。虽然这种大计算机仍然存在，但它们的许多功能已被体积小但功能齐全的个人电脑――即我们常说的PC机――所代替了。
　　1975年，美国推出了一台被称为“牛郎星”的原始机型。严格地说起来，它可以被称为第一台“家用电脑”，而且它也指了今后的方向。70年代末，在牛郎星之后又出现了一种被称为“苹果”的机型。80年代初，计算机行业的王牌公司美国国际商用机器公司(IBM)生产出了世界上第一台个人电脑。这种电脑采用了一种被称为磁盘操作系统(DOS)的工作程序，而这种程序是由当时规模不大的微软公司生产的。IBM的个人电脑被大规模地模仿。从那些简陋的初级阶段，我们看到了现在都已普及的、使用简便的家用电脑和多媒体的微机的发展。
　　想一想这些发展的时间多么短，就更觉得英国人莱昂.巴格瑞特有着非凡的能力。他在60年代就能预言我们今天知道的计算机的一些用途。巴格瑞特根本不接受计算机可以学会自己去“思考”和计算可以“统治世界”这种想法，而这种想法是当时的人们都愿意相信的。巴格瑞特预示有一天计算机可以小到拿在手上，计算机可以使办公室人员和会计免除那些枯燥、重复的劳动。计算机的所有这些功能现在都变得很平常。当然了，莱昂.巴格瑞特根本没有可能预测到国际交互网――就是把计算机连结到电话线路上，以便和世界上任何一个地方的人立即进行联系的一个世界范围的通讯系统――的发展。他也无法预测到我们可以利用国际交互网获取有关任何已知专题的信息，以便在家里的屏幕上阅读，如果愿意的话甚至可以将其打印出来。计算机已经变得体积越来越小，功能越来越多，价格越来越低，这就是莱昂.巴格瑞特的预测非凡的地方。如果他或是像他的什么人今天还活着的话，他大概可以告诉我们下一个50年后会发生什么事情1&&&
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本文选自由吴应时和何景霖共同编著的《应景新概念英语3》，是学习新概念英语第三册的辅助学习笔记，提供知识点精讲及解析，是学习者的良师益友。
第一段词汇解析
①for example 作表同位关系的连接状语。
②predicting = saying what will happen。
③imagined = seen in the mind。
④whole = complete。
⑤functions = jobs, tasks。
第二段词汇解析
①primitive = very simple, undeveloped。
②humble = small, low。
③in common use = used by almost everybody, employed generally。
第三段词汇解析
①并列的四个定语从句一同修饰 a time。
②how 引导的宾语从句作 foreseen 的宾语，一直到 subject。
③so 引导的结果状语从句中有一个 if 引导的条件状语从句。
④considering 这句是独立主格结构，并非伴随状语。
Notes 学习笔记
1.by the end of
2.as common as
3.common enough
4.government departments
5.be followed by
6.at the end of
7.operating system
8.be in common use
9.dismiss the idea that
10.in those days
11.be enough to
12.be capable of
13.relieve of
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