新概念英语第三册逐句精讲语言点 第51课 预测未来 (7)

　　Norcould he have foreseen how we could use the Internet to obtain information on everyknown subject, so we can read it on a screen in our homes and even print it as well ifwe want to. Computers have become smaller and smaller, more and more powerfuland cheaper and cheaper. This is what makes Leon Bagrit's predictions particularlyremarkable. If he, or someone like him, were alive today, he might be able to tell uswhat to expect in the next fifty years.

　　19.Nor could he have foreseen how we could use the Internet to obtain informationon every known subject, so we can read it on a screen in our homes and even print itas well if we want to.

　　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。

　　语言点:句子结构分析:nor放在句首引起部分倒装，表示强调。

　　20.Computers have become smaller and smaller, more and more powerful andcheaper and cheaper.

　　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。

　　语言点:句子结构分析:重复使用比较级还是为了强调句意。

　　21.This is what makes Leon Bagrit's predictions particularly remarkable.

　　这就是莱昂巴格瑞特的预测非凡的地方。

　　语言点:句子结构分析:what引导表语从句。

　　22.If he, or someone like him, were alive today, he might be able to tell us what toexpect in the next fifty years.

　　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。

　　语言点:句子结构分析:if引导虚拟语气的句子。