Vocabulary accumulation: part one

1. It sounds insane（疯狂的）.

2. But a study of IT professionals（专业人士） released Wednesday suggests that Microsoft should be able to hit that target with ease.

3. 40% plan to start rolling out（推广）Windows 10 this year.

4. That's in stark（明显地） contrast（对比） to the largely failed Windows 8 release from 2012.

5. If Spiceworks' survey is correct, and 73% of businesses adopt（采用） Windows 10 by 2017, that would make Windows 10 the most quickly deployed version of Windows in history.

6. Despite its currently popularity（普及度）, just 60% of businesses installed Windows 7 within 24 months of its launch,according to Spiceworks.

7. Microsoft's stated（声明的） goal of 1 billion Windows 10 devices in two to three years is achievable（可实现的）, and strong interest from IT buyers bodes（预示） well for the entire（整个） Windows 10 ecosystem（生态系统）.

8. The reason why businesses are likely to show support for Windows 10 is two-fold（双重的）: There's a lot of pent-up（压抑） demand, and Windows 10 solves a lot of the problems that previous（以前的） versions of Windows exhibited（出现）.

9. Since most businesses skipped Windows 8, the vast majority（绝大多数）are running outdated（过时的） software.

10. Amazingly（令人惊讶的是）, 44% still have the 14-year-old Windows XP installed on their business PCs.

11. About 29% of corporations（公司） run Macintosh computers.

12. Windows 10 also has features that IT professionals are already embracing（接受，拥抱）.

13. Windows 10 features a new tool called "Windows Hello", a biometric（生物） password that allows users to log in with their fingerprint, iris（虹膜） scan or face.

14. Windows currently powers（运转） 1.5 billion PCs around the world.

15. If you've always dreamed of soaring through the skies at the helm（掌舵） of your very own airship（飞艇）, it's time to get out your checkbook.

16. Aerospace（航空航天） and defence（国防，防御） company Lockheed Martin has partnered with sales firm Hybrid Enterprises to market its new LMH1 hybrid（混合） airship.

17. Oh, and the small matter of a cargo bay（货舱） big enough to carry 20 tons of supplies and equipment.

18. It can fly up to 1,400 nautical miles（海里） at speeds of up to 60 knots（[航]节(=浬/小时)，浬，海里）.

19. So you'll need a pretty（相当） big backyard（后院）.

20. On the other hand, providing（如果） you can find a space big enough, there's no need for a hanger（机库） or any kind of anchoring（锚固） system.

21. The airship lands on a hovercraft（气垫船）-like cushion（垫子） of air and "sticks" itself to the ground using a vacuum（真空）, meaning mooring（系泊） ropes are a thing of the past.

22. The list price of the airship is still under discussion, but is likely to be out of budget range for individuals（个人）.

23. The airship's likely buyers are large corporations or leasing（租赁） companies which need to transport large quantities of cargo to regions with little or no infrastructure（基础设施）.

24. He expects it to appeal to（对...有吸引力） companies in the mining（采矿）, oil and gas industry, with large projects in remote area; he says it could also  be used in humanitarian（人道主义） relief（救援） and disaster recovery.

25. But those behind the project haven't ruled out（排除） the possibility of military（军方） customers in future.

26. If a military customer was interested, we would do all we can to facilitate（帮助，促成） that.

27. Thales Alenia Space is showcasing（展示） a model of its Stratobus drone（无人机）-satellite-airship-hybrid.

28. The Stratobus is a five-ton, 100-meter-long solar-powered（太阳能的） balloon designed to sit 20 kilometers up in the sky for a year at a time.