练习材料：
NCE--第三册
L51-1: Predicting the future
Predicting the future is notoriously difficult. 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? In the 1970s, computers were common enough, but only in big business, government departments, and large organizations. These were the so-called mainframe machines. Mainframe computers were very large indeed, often occupying whole air-conditioned rooms, employing full-time technicians and run on specially-written software. Though these large machines still exist, many of their functions have been taken over by small powerful personal computers, commonly known as PCs.In 1975, a primitive machine called the Altair, was launched in the USA.
[prɪˈdɪktɪŋ] [ðə] [ˈfjuːʧər] [ɪz] [nəʊˈtɔːrɪəsli] [ˈdɪfɪkəlt]. [huː] [kʊd] [hæv] [ɪˈmæʤɪnd], [ɪn] [ðə] [mɪd] 1970[ɛs], [fɔːr] [ɪgˈzɑːmpl], [ðæt] [baɪ] [ði] [ɛnd] [ɒv] [ðiː] 20th [ˈsɛnʧʊri], [kəmˈpjuːtəz] [wʊd] [biː] [æz] [ˈkɒmən] [ɪn] [ˈpiːplz] [həʊmz] [æz] [ˌtiːˈviː] [sɛts]? [ɪn] [ðiː] 1970[ɛs], [kəmˈpjuːtəz] [wɜː] [ˈkɒmən] [ɪˈnʌf], [bʌt] [ˈəʊnli] [ɪn] [bɪg] [ˈbɪznɪs], [ˈgʌvnmənt] [dɪˈpɑːtmənts], [ænd] [lɑːʤ] [ˌɔːgənaɪˈzeɪʃənz]. [ðiːz] [wɜː] [ðə] [ˈsəʊˈkɔːld] [ˈmeɪnfreɪm] [məˈʃiːnz]. [ˈmeɪnfreɪm] [kəmˈpjuːtəz] [wɜː] [ˈvɛri] [lɑːʤ] [ɪnˈdiːd], [ˈɒf(ə)n] [ˈɒkjʊpaɪɪŋ] [həʊl] [ˈeəkənˌdɪʃ(ə)nd] [ruːmz], [ɪmˈplɔɪɪŋ] [fʊl]-[taɪm] [tɛkˈnɪʃənz] [ænd] [rʌn] [ɒn] [ˈspɛʃəli]-[ˈrɪtn] [ˈsɒftweə]. [ðəʊ] [ðiːz] [lɑːʤ] [məˈʃiːnz] [stɪl] [ɪgˈzɪst], [ˈmɛni] [ɒv] [ðeə] [ˈfʌnŋkʃənz] [hæv] [biːn] [ˈteɪkən] [ˈəʊvə] [baɪ] [smɔːl] [ˈpaʊəfʊl] [ˈpɜːsnl] [kəmˈpjuːtəz], [ˈkɒmənli] [nəʊn] [æz] [piː-siːz].[ɪn] 1975, [ə] [ˈprɪmɪtɪv] [məˈʃiːn] [kɔːld] [ði] [ˈælteə], [wɒz] [lɔːnʧt] [ɪn] [ðə] [juː-ɛs-eɪ].
任务配置：
L0+L4
知识笔记 ：
练习感悟：
今天是课文第一部分，很短，生词不多，比较容易，要注意断句和语调。
放假了，昨天睡得较好，今天读起来比较顺利。
