新概念英语第三册逐句精讲语言点 第51课 预测未来 (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。

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　　17.All these computer uses have become commonplace.

　　计算机的所有这些功能现在都变得很平常。

　　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.

　　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。