Vicky的ScalersTalk第六轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day98 20210506

练习材料:

Lesson 51-2 predicting the future

              预测未来

It can properly be described as the first 'home computer' and it pointed the way to the future. This was followed, at the end of the 1970s, by a machine called an Apple. In the early 1980s, the computer giant, IBM produced the world's first Personal Computer. This ran on an 'operating system' called DOS, produced by a then small company named Microsoft. The IBM Personal Computer was widely copied. From those humble beginnings, we have seen the development of the user-friendly home computers and multimedia machines which are in common use today.

    Considering how recent these developments are, it is even more remarkable that as long ago as the 1960s, an Englishman, Leon Bagrit, was able to predict some of the uses of computers which we know today. Bagrit dismissed the idea that computers would learn to 'think' for themselves and would 'rule the world', which people liked to believe in those days.

ɪt kæn ˈprɒpəli biː dɪsˈkraɪbd æz ðə fɜːst həʊm kəmˈpjuːtə ænd ɪt ˈpɔɪntɪd ðə weɪ tuː ðə ˈfjuːʧə. ðɪs wɒz ˈfɒləʊd, æt ði ɛnd ɒv ðiː 1970ɛs, baɪ ə məˈʃiːn kɔːld ən ˈæpl. ɪn ði ˈɜːli 1980ɛs, ðə kəmˈpjuːtə ˈʤaɪənt, aɪ-biː-ɛm prəˈdjuːst ðə wɜːldz fɜːst ˈpɜːsnl kəmˈpjuːtə. ðɪs ræn ɒn ən ˈɒpəreɪtɪŋ ˈsɪstɪm kɔːld duːz, prəˈdjuːst baɪ ə ðɛn smɔːl ˈkʌmpəni neɪmd ˈmaɪkrəsɒft. ði aɪ-biː-ɛm ˈpɜːsnl kəmˈpjuːtə wɒz ˈwaɪdli ˈkɒpid. frɒm ðəʊz ˈhʌmbl bɪˈgɪnɪŋz, wiː hæv siːn ðə dɪˈvɛləpmənt ɒv ðə ˈjuːzə-ˈfrɛndli həʊm kəmˈpjuːtəz ænd ˌmʌltɪˈmiːdɪə məˈʃiːnz wɪʧ ɑːr ɪn ˈkɒmən juːz təˈdeɪ.

kənˈsɪdərɪŋ haʊ ˈriːsnt ðiːz dɪˈvɛləpmənts ɑː, ɪt ɪz ˈiːvən mɔː rɪˈmɑːkəbl ðæt æz lɒŋ əˈgəʊ æz ðiː 1960ɛs, ən ˈɪŋglɪʃmən, liːˈɒn Bagrit, wɒz ˈeɪbl tuː prɪˈdɪkt sʌm ɒv ðə ˈjuːzɪz ɒv kəmˈpjuːtəz wɪʧ wiː nəʊ təˈdeɪ. Bagrit dɪsˈmɪst ði aɪˈdɪə ðæt kəmˈpjuːtəz wʊd lɜːn tuː θɪŋk fɔː ðəmˈsɛlvz ænd wʊd ruːl ðə wɜːld, wɪʧ ˈpiːpl laɪkt tuː bɪˈliːv ɪn ðəʊz deɪz.

严格地说起来,它可以被称为第一台“家用电脑”,而且它也指了今后的方向。70年代末,在牛郎星之后又出现了一种被称为“苹果”的机型。80年代初,计算机行业的王牌公司美国国际商用机器公司(IBM)生产出了世界上第一台个人电脑。这种电脑采用了一种被称为磁盘操作系统(DOS)的工作程序,而这种程序是由当时规模不大的微软公司生产的。IBM的个人电脑被大规模地模仿。从那些简陋的初级阶段,我们看到了现在都已普及的、使用简便的家用电脑和多媒体的微机的发展。

    想一想这些发展的时间多么短,就更觉得英国人莱昂.巴格瑞特有着非凡的能力。他在60年代就能预言我们今天知道的计算机的一些用途。巴格瑞特根本不接受计算机可以学会自己去“思考”和计算可以“统治世界”这种想法,而这种想法是当时的人们都愿意相信的。

任务配置:L0、L3、L4

知识笔记:

单词与短语

it is even more remarkable that 具有非凡的能力

dismissed the idea that根本不接受

liked to believe in those days当时的人们都愿意相信的

练习感悟:今天状态特别不好,不过有流程,还是可以走下来。

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