北师大版高中英语模块11--Unit32(2)-1
时间：2018-12-13 作者：英语课 分类：北师大版高中英语模块11(选修)
[00:03.01]Unit 32 Reading and speaking
[00:07.61]What didn't come to pass
[00:10.20]by Vivienne Parry, former presenter 1
[00:13.05]of Tomorrow's World
[00:15.02]1 Forecasting what life is going to be
[00:16.88]like years down the line is a dodgy business.
[00:19.87]Even the experts don't always get it right.
[00:22.80]Take Bill Gates, for example.
[00:25.07]In 1981, he firmly stated that "640k of memory
[00:29.85]ought to be enough for anyone."
[00:31.92]So it's more than a bit embarrassing for him
[00:34.79]now that,even on a standard issue home PC,
[00:38.24]you need 200 times that amount of memory
[00:40.93]just to run his own company's software.
[00:44.17]Fortunately for Bill,
[00:45.47]others predicted that the technological 2
[00:47.26]future would involve giant computers
[00:50.08]that were the size of cities,
[00:52.21]whereas what we actually have
[00:54.56]are ever-shrinking models that you can tuck
[00:57.29]neatly into your pocket,
[00:59.24]which are hundreds of times more powerful
[01:01.48]than their lumbering 3 predecessors 4.
[01:03.89]Nano-technology is definitely the way forward.
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- Most people think being a television presenter is exciting.很多人认为当电视节目主持人是一件刺激的事情。
- The programme dispensed with its most popular presenter.这个节目最受欢迎的主持人被换掉了。
- A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
- Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。
- Lumbering and, later, paper-making were carried out in smaller cities. 木材业和后来的造纸都由较小的城市经营。
- Lumbering is very important in some underdeveloped countries. 在一些不发达的国家，伐木业十分重要。
- The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation. 新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Will new plan be any more acceptable than its predecessors? 新计划比原先的计划更能令人满意吗？ 来自《简明英汉词典》