新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第51課 預測未來 (6)

　　Bagritforesaw a time when computers would be small enough to hold in the hand, whenthey would be capable of providing information about traffic jams and suggestingalternative routes, when they would be used in hospitals to help doctors to diagnoseillnesses, when they would relieve office workers and accountants of dull, repetitiveclerical work. All these computer uses have become commonplace. Of course, LeonBagrit could not possibly have foreseen the development of the Internet, theworldwide system that enables us to communicate instantly with anyone in any partof the world by using computers linked to telephone networks.

　　16.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 andsuggesting alternative routes, when they would be used in hospitals to help doctorsto diagnose illnesses, when they would relieve office workers and accountants of dull,repetitive clerical work.

　　巴格瑞特預示有一天計算機可以小到拿在手上，計算機可以使辦公室人員和會計免除那些枯燥、重復的勞動。

　　語言點:句子結(jié)構分析:注意3個when they…形成平行結(jié)構。

　　17.All these computer uses have become commonplace.

　　計算機的所有這些功能現(xiàn)在都變得很平常。

　　18.Of course, Leon Bagrit could not possibly have foreseen the development of theInternet, the worldwide system that enables us to communicate instantly with anyonein any part of the world by using computers linked to telephone networks.

　　當然了，萊昂.巴格瑞特根本沒有可能預測到國際交互網(wǎng)—就是把計算機連結(jié)到電話線路上，以便和世界上任何一個地方的人立即進行聯(lián)系的一個世界范圍的通訊系統(tǒng)—的發(fā)展。