新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第51課 預測未來(1)

　　Predicting the Future 預測未來

　　Predicting the future is notoriously difficult.Who could have imagined, in the mid 1970s, forexample, that by the end of the 20th century,computers would be as common in people'shomes as TV sets? In the 1970s, computerswere common enough, but only in big business,government departments, and largeorganizations.

　　1.Predicting the future is notoriously difficult.

　　眾所周知，預測未來是非常困難的。

　　語言點:sth.is notoriously difficult的意思是“做某事是非常困難的。”

　　2.Who could have imagined, in the mid 1970s, for example, that by the end of the20th century, computers would be as common in people's homes as TV sets?

　　舉個例子吧，在20世紀70年代中葉又有誰能想得到在20世紀末的時候，家庭用的計算機會像電視機一樣普遍?

　　語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:thatz引導賓語從句，交代have imagined的內(nèi)容。

　　3.In the 1970s, computers were common enough, but only in big business,government departments, and large organizations.

　　在70年代，計算機已經(jīng)相當普及了，但只用在大公司，政府部門和大的組織之中。