新概念英语三 Lesson 51 Predicting the future 课件(共30张PPT)

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Book 3 Lesson 51
Part 1
Lead in
Predicting the Future
Part 2
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(1) Predicting the future is notoriously difficult.
单词： Predict vt. / vi. 预言；预示；预告；
________________ n.
e.g. The young people also predicted that they would be earning on average 31,000 by the age of 25, although the average salary for those aged 22 to 29 is just 17,815. （08高考）
prediction
(2) Who could have imagined, in the mid 1970s, for example, that by the end of the 20th century, computers would be as common in people’s homes as TV sets
词组：in the mid 1970s: ________________
句型：computers would be as common in people’s homes as TV sets
翻译：现如今在我们生活中，车子就和智能电视一样普及。
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在20世纪70年代中叶
Nowadays, cars are as common in our lives as smart TVs.
(3) In the 1970s, computers were common enough, but only in big business, government departments, and large organizations.
单词： organization n. 组织；
_______ vt. /vi. 组织，筹备，安排；
organize
(4) These were the so-called mainframe machines.
词组： so-called： ________________
号称，所谓的
(5) Mainframe computers were very large, often occupying whole air-conditioned rooms, employing full-time technicians and run on specially-written software.
单词： occupy: take possession of
e.g. If you’re interested in taking a year out. You must make sure that the university will ______ your place for you till next year. （02高考）
hold B. leave C. occupy D. remain
词组： specially-written _____________
专门编写的
A
(6) Though these large machines still exist, many of their functions have been taken over by small powerful personal computers, commonly known as PCs.
词组：take over _____________
句型：Mainframe computers were very large indeed. They often occupied whole air-conditioned rooms . They employed full-time technicians and were run on specially-written software.
在写作时，可以利用分词作主语补足语（伴随状语），来将一些没必要单独成句的短句子合成一个有分量的长句/上等佳句。
接收，接管
(7) Mainframe computers were very large, often occupying whole air-conditioned rooms, employing full-time technicians and run on specially-written software.
翻译：这位老师非常受欢迎。她常常以其热忱来感染她的学生，密切关注成绩不好的同学。那些在人生道路上有困惑的同学也经常来请教她。
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翻译：拉链是19世纪被意外发明的，上个世纪经历了好几次改良。现在拉链已经是日常生活中的必需品，在衣服和包上很好的发挥功效。
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The teacher was very popular indeed, often infecting his pupils with enthusiasm, paying close attention to the poor students and inquired by students in life confusion.
Invented in the 19th century by accident and having experienced several improvements during last century, now the zipper is the necessity in daily life, functioning well in clothes and bags.
(8) In 1975, a primitive machine called the Altair, was launched in the USA.
(9) It can properly be described as the first ‘home computer’ and it pointed the way to the future.
词组：home computer___________
扩展：电脑的种类有________________________
point the way to 指向，通向
e.g. The conference pointed a way to the further cooperation of the two companies.
家用电脑
desktop, laptop, palmtop
(10) This was followed, at the end of the 1970s, by a machine called an Apple.
句型：The treatment was followed by good results.
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努力之后，才能获得高分。
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治疗之后，情况良好
The hard work was followed by good marks.
(11) In the early 1980s, the computer giant, IBM produced the world’s first Personal Computer.
(12) This ran on an ‘operating system’ called DOS, produced by a then small company named Microsoft.
词组：a then small company ________________________
翻译：当时的第一夫人已离开人世。
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那时候规模尚小的一公司
The then first lady has passed away.
(13) The IBM Personal Computer was widely copied.
扩展：
copy: 含义广泛，指精确的或不精确的复制品；
duplicate: 一模一样的，可以代替原件的复制品；
reproduction: 按着原物复制的产品，强调与原物相似。
(14) From those humble beginnings, we have seen the development of the user-friendly home computers and multimedia machines which are in common use today.
单词：user-friendly便于操作的
-friendly表示“利于，便于地”
扩展：利于消费者的 _________________
multimedia多媒体, multi-表示many or much
篇章：Please sum up the second paragraph.
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consumer-friendly
This paragraph mainly talks about the development of home computers.
(15) Considering how recent these developments are, it is even more remarkable, that as long as the 1960s, an Englishman, Leon Bagrit, was able to predict some of the uses of computers which we know today.
词组：as long ago as the 1960s是一种强调用法，普通用法是in the 1960s
句型：Considering how recent these developments are不是伴随状语，是独立主格结构，因为consider的逻辑主语与后面的主句主语不一致。
e.g. Considering the amount she paid, he was dear in more ways than one!(L19)
(15) Considering how recent these developments are, it is even more remarkable, that as long as the 1960s, an Englishman, Leon Bagrit, was able to predict some. Of. the uses of computers which we know today.
翻译：想一想这些变化有多巨大，就更觉得玛雅人有着非凡的能力。他们在公元前2000年就能预言阿道夫.希特勒的不同寻常的未来。
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Considering how dramatic these changes are, it is even more remarkable that as long ago as 2000 BC, the Maya were able to predict the unusual future of Adolf Hitler.
(16) 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.
句型：dismiss the idea that不考虑…这个想法，同位语从句，用于正式文体。
翻译：希特勒的母亲当时根本不相信希特勒会成为德国总理，他的纳粹德国军队和轴心国成员会统治大部分欧洲，正如我们今天所知道的一样。
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Hitler’s mother dismissed the idea that her son would be come the chancellor of Germany and his Nazi Germany, together with the Axix Powers, would rule most parts of Europe, as we know today.
(17) 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 and suggesting alternative routes, when they would be used in hospitals to help doctors to diagnose illnesses, when they would relieve office workers and accountants of dull repetitive clerical work.
单词：
Computers small enough to hold in the hand= smartphones;
Devices capable of providing information about traffic jams and suggesting alternative routes= GPS;
Other underlined parts= applications
(18) All these computer uses have become commonplace.
单词：adj. 平凡的；
扩展：表示平凡的词____________________________________________
翻译：他是个平凡的人，可他做的是不平凡事。
undistinguished, regular, average, ordinary, typical
(19) Of course, Leon Bagrit could not possibly have foreseen the development of the internet, the worldwide system that enables us to communicate instantly with anyone in any part of the world by using computers linked to telephone networks.
语法：后面的这个词组用来进一步说明名词the Internet，是它的___________，这种用法在科技类的文章中很常见。
同位语
(20) Nor could he have foreseen how we could use the Internet to obtain information on every known subject, so we can read it on a screen in our homes and even print it as well if we want to.
单词： foresee：预见
扩展：fore前缀表示“前”，其他的有 ____________________
forecast, foretell
(21) Computers have become smaller and smaller, more and more powerful, cheaper and cheaper.
词组：smaller and smaller 越来越
翻译：现在人们越来越有钱，可是面对的压力却越来越大。
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Nowadays, people have become richer and richer, but are faced with more and more high pressure.
(22) This is what makes Leon Bagrit’s predictions particularly remarkable.
句型： This is what makes sb. + adj. 这就是让某人怎么样的地方
翻译. You don’t know you’re beautiful, and that’s what makes you beautiful.
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你不觉得自己很漂亮，但这一点就是你漂亮的原因。
(23) If he, or someone like him, were alive today, he might be able to tell us what to expect in the next fifty days.
语法：特殊疑问词+不定式
翻译：我不知道该告诉你什么，不该告诉你什么。
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I don’t know what to tell you and what not to tell you.
Part 4
bonus
Sci-fi Movies about the Future