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L51-3:

Predicting the future

/prɪˈdɪktɪŋ/ /ðə/ /ˈfjuːʧə/

Bagrit foresaw a time when computers would be small

/Bagrit/ /fɔːˈsɔː/ /ə/ /taɪm/ /wɛn/ /kəmˈpjuːtəz/ /wʊd/ /biː/ /smɔːl/

enough to hold in the hand, when they would be capable of

/ɪˈnʌf/ /tuː/ /həʊld/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /hænd,/ /wɛn/ /ðeɪ/ /wʊd/ /biː/ /ˈkeɪpəbl/ /ɒv/

providing information about traffic jams and suggesting

/prəˈvaɪdɪŋ/ /ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃən/ /əˈbaʊt/ /ˈtræfɪk/ /ʤæmz/ /ænd/ /səˈʤɛstɪŋ/

alternative routes, when they would be used in hospitals to

/ɔːlˈtɜːnətɪv/ /ruːts,/ /wɛn/ /ðeɪ/ /wʊd/ /biː/ /juːzd/ /ɪn/ /ˈhɒspɪtlz/ /tuː/

help doctors to diagnose illnesses, when they would relieve

/hɛlp/ /ˈdɒktəz/ /tuː/ /ˈdaɪəgnəʊz/ /ˈɪlnɪsɪz,/ /wɛn/ /ðeɪ/ /wʊd/ /rɪˈliːv/

office workers and accountants of dull, repetitive clerical

/ˈɒfɪs/ /ˈwɜːkəz/ /ænd/ /əˈkaʊntənts/ /ɒv/ /dʌl,//rɪˈpɛtɪtɪv/ /ˈklɛrɪkəl/

work. All these computer uses have become commonplace.

/wɜːk./ /ɔːl/ /ðiːz/ /kəmˈpjuːtə/ /ˈjuːzɪz/ /hæv/ /bɪˈkʌm/ /ˈkɒmənpleɪs./

Of course, Leon Bagrit could not possibly have foreseen the

/ɒv/ /kɔːs,/ /liːˈɒn/ /Bagrit/ /kʊd/ /nɒt/ /ˈpɒsəbli/ /hæv/ /fɔːˈsiːn/ /ðiː/

development of the Internet, the worldwide system that

/dɪˈvɛləpmənt/ /ɒv/ /ði/ /ˈɪntəˌnɛt,/ /ðə/ /ˌwɜːldˈwaɪd/ /ˈsɪstɪm/ /ðæt/

enables us to communicate instantly with anyone in any

/ɪˈneɪblz/ /ʌs/ /tuː/ /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ /ˈɪnstəntli/ /wɪð/ /ˈɛnɪwʌn/ /ɪn/ /ˈɛni/

part of the world by using computers linked to telephone

/pɑːt/ /ɒv/ /ðə/ /wɜːld/ /baɪ/ /ˈjuːzɪŋ/ /kəmˈpjuːtəz/ /lɪŋkt/ /tuː/ /ˈtɛlɪfəʊn/

networks. Nor could he have foreseen how we could use the

/ˈnɛtwɜːks./ /nɔː/ /kʊd/ /hiː/ /hæv/ /fɔːˈsiːn/ /haʊ/ /wiː/ /kʊd/ /juːz/ /ðiː/

Internet to obtain information on every known subject, so

/ˈɪntəˌnɛt/ /tuː/ /əbˈteɪn/ /ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃən/ /ɒn/ /ˈɛvri/ /nəʊn/ /ˈsʌbʤɪkt,/ /səʊ/

we can read it on a screen in our homes and even print it as

/wiː/ /kæn/ /riːd/ /ɪt/ /ɒn/ /ə/ /skriːn/ /ɪn/ /ˈaʊə/ /həʊmz/ /ænd/ /ˈiːvən/ /prɪnt/ /ɪt/ /æz/

well if we want to. Computers have become smaller and

/wɛl/ /ɪf/ /wiː/ /wɒnt/ /tuː./ /kəmˈpjuːtəz/ /hæv/ /bɪˈkʌm/ /ˈsmɔːlər/ /ænd/

smaller, more and more powerful and cheaper and cheaper.

/ˈsmɔːlə,/ /mɔːr/ /ænd/ /mɔː/ /ˈpaʊəfʊl/ /ænd/ /ˈʧiːpər/ /ænd/ /ˈʧiːpə./

This is what makes Leon Bagrit's predictions particularly

/ðɪs/ /ɪz/ /wɒt/ /meɪks/ /liːˈɒn/ /Bagrit's/ /prɪˈdɪkʃənz/ /pəˈtɪkjʊləli/

remarkable. If he, or someone like him, were alive today, he

/rɪˈmɑːkəbl./ /ɪf/ /hiː,/ /ɔː/ /ˈsʌmwʌn/ /laɪk/ /hɪm,/ /wɜːr/ /əˈlaɪv/ /təˈdeɪ,/ /hiː/

might be able to tell us what to expect in the next fifty years.

/maɪt/ /biː/ /ˈeɪbl/ /tuː/ /tɛl/ /ʌs/ /wɒt/ /tuː/ /ɪksˈpɛkt/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /nɛkst/ /ˈfɪfti/ /jɪəz./

任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

1/ 單詞

diagnose - v. 诊断

relieve - v. 减轻

commonplace - adj. 平凡

2/音標

diagnose /ˈdaɪəgnəʊz/

repetitive /rɪˈpɛtɪtɪv/

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