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(yù)示有一天計(jì)算機(jī)可以小到拿在手上,計(jì)算機(jī)可以使辦公室人員和會(huì)計(jì)免除那些枯燥、重復(fù)的勞動(dòng)。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:注意3個(gè)when they…形成平行結(jié)構(gòu)。
17.All these computer uses have become commonplace.
計(jì)算機(jī)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(dāng)然了,萊昂.巴格瑞特根本沒(méi)有可能預(yù)測(cè)到國(guó)際交互網(wǎng)—就是把計(jì)算機(jī)連結(jié)到電話線路上,以便和世界上任何一個(gè)地方的人立即進(jìn)行聯(lián)系的一個(gè)世界范圍的通訊系統(tǒng)—的發(fā)展。