新目标初中英语八年级下Unit 1--Selfcheck2
时间：2018-12-13 作者：英语课 分类：新目标初中英语八年级下册
Selfcheck2
[00:01.30]Self Check
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[00:05.86]Read the passage and
[00:07.58]circle the inventions on the right.
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[00:10.75]Predicting the future can be difficult.
[00:13.93]There are many famous predictions 1
[00:15.81]that never came true.
[00:17.66]Before 1929, there was no sound in movies.
[00:22.69]The head of one of the biggest movie companies
[00:25.46]in the United 2 States predicted 3
[00:27.41]that no one would want to see actors talk.
[00:30.76]Of course, he was wrong!
[00:32.92]In 1977, the head of the largest computer company
[00:37.49]in the United States said,"No one will want
[00:40.52]to have a computer in his or her home."
[00:43.87]He thought that computers
[00:47.74]would never be used by most people.
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predictions
n.预言，预言的事物( prediction的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Experiments have corroborated her predictions. 实验证实了她的预言。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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。 来自新概念英语第三册
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united
adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的
参考例句：
The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。
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predicted
预言，预测，预示( predict的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
He praised the union's aims but predicted its early demise. 他赞扬协会的目标，但预期这一协会很快会消亡。
She delivered exactly when the doctor predicted she would. 她恰好在医生所说的预产期分娩了。
- Experiments have corroborated her predictions. 实验证实了她的预言。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。 来自新概念英语第三册