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L51-3: Predictingthe future

Bagrit foresaw atime when computers would be small enough to hold in the hand, when they wouldbe capable of providing information about traffic jams and suggestingalternative routes, when they would be used in hospitals to help doctors todiagnose illnesses, when they would relieve office workers and accountants ofdull, repetitive clerical work. All these computer uses have becomecommonplace. Of course, Leon Bagrit could not possibly have foreseen thedevelopment of the Internet, the worldwide system that enables us tocommunicate instantly with anyone in any part of the world by using computerslinked to telephone networks. Nor could he have foreseen how we could use theInternet to obtain information on every known subject, so we can read it on ascreen in our homes and even print it as well if we want to. Computers havebecome smaller and smaller, more and more powerful and cheaper and cheaper.This is what makes Leon Bagrit's predictions particularly remarkable. If he, orsomeone like him, were alive today, he might be able to tell us what to expectin the next fifty years.

prɪˈdɪktɪŋ ðə ˈfjuːʧə

Bagrit fɔːˈsɔː ə

taɪm wɛn kəmˈpjuːtəz wʊd biː smɔːl ɪˈnʌf tuː həʊld ɪn ðə hænd, wɛn ðeɪ wʊd biː

ˈkeɪpəbᵊl ɒv prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃᵊn əˈbaʊt ˈtræfɪk ʤæmz ænd səˈʤɛstɪŋ ɔːlˈtɜːnətɪv

ruːts, wɛn ðeɪ wʊd biː juːzd ɪn ˈhɒspɪtlz tuː hɛlp ˈdɒktəz tuː ˈdaɪəɡnəʊz ˈɪlnəsɪz, wɛn ðeɪ wʊd rɪˈliːv ˈɒfɪs ˈwɜːkəz

ænd əˈkaʊntənts ɒv dʌl, rɪˈpɛtɪtɪv ˈklɛrɪkəl wɜːk. ɔːl ðiːz kəmˈpjuːtə ˈjuːzɪz

hæv bɪˈkʌm ˈkɒmənpleɪs. ɒv kɔːs, liːˈɒn Bagrit kʊd nɒt ˈpɒsəbli hæv fɔːˈsiːn ðə

dɪˈvɛləpmənt ɒv ði ˈɪntəˌnɛt, ðə ˌwɜːldˈwaɪd ˈsɪstəm ðæt ɪˈneɪbᵊlz ʌs tuː kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt

ˈɪnstəntli wɪð ˈɛnɪwʌn ɪn ˈɛni pɑːt ɒv ðə wɜːld baɪ ˈjuːzɪŋ kəmˈpjuːtəz lɪŋkt tuː ˈtɛlɪfəʊn

ˈnɛtwɜːks. nɔː kʊd hiː hæv fɔːˈsiːn haʊ wiː kʊd juːz ði ˈɪntəˌnɛt tuː əbˈteɪn ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃᵊn

ɒn ˈɛvri nəʊn ˈsʌbʤɪkt, səʊ wiː kæn riːd ɪt ɒn ə skriːn ɪn ˈaʊə həʊmz ænd ˈiːvən

prɪnt ɪt æz wɛl ɪf wiː wɒnt tuː. kəmˈpjuːtəz hæv bɪˈkʌm ˈsmɔːlər ænd ˈsmɔːlə, mɔːr

ænd mɔː ˈpaʊəfʊl ænd ˈʧiːpər ænd ˈʧiːpə. ðɪs ɪz wɒt meɪks liːˈɒn Bagrit's prɪˈdɪkʃᵊnz

pəˈtɪkjələli rɪˈmɑːkəbᵊl. ɪf hiː, ɔː ˈsʌmwʌn laɪk hɪm, wɜːr əˈlaɪv təˈdeɪ, hiː maɪt biːˈeɪbᵊl tuː tɛl ʌs wɒt tuː ɪksˈpɛkt ɪn ðə nɛkst ˈfɪfti jɪəz.

任务配置：L0 + L4

知识笔记：

单词：1、alternative routes：备选路线，2、diagnose：诊断，确诊，3、relieve：缓解，解除，免除，救济，4、accountant：会计，账房，5、dull：乏味，平淡，枯燥，6、repetitive：重复的，7、clerical：文书的，牧师的，8、commonplace：平凡，庸碌，9、

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练习感悟：这篇文章难度还是很大的，虽然生词不多，但是整篇文章很拗口，语速也略快，录了四五遍才勉强达标。