1.算盘abacus 2.简化simplify 3.合逻辑的logical 4.人造的artificial
5.私人的personal 6.应用application 7.计算calculate 8.探索explore
9.技术technology 10.智力intelligence 11.总的tolal 12.电子的electronic
二.找出以下短语:
1)和...有共同点have sth in common 2)把...和...比较compare...with...
3)根据according to 4)计算出,解决work out (figure out)
5)把...按顺序排列put ...in an order 6)听起来简单sound simple
7)作为...的开始 begin as 8)在那时at that time
9)解决问题solve problems 10)随着时间的推移as time goes by
11)结果as a result 12)与...连接connected by
13) 和...分享share sth with sb 14) 和,而且 as well as
15)提供给某人某物provide sb with sth 16) 充满 be filled with
17) 一种高质量的生活a life of high quality
18)一个忠诚的朋友a devoted friend
19)从......起from...on 20)在......的帮助下with the help of
21)处理,对付deal with 22) 看守,监视watch over
三.翻译句子
1. I begin as a calculating machine in France in 1642.
1642年我在法国诞生时是一台计算器。
2. I developed very slowly and it took nearly two hundred years before I was built as analytical machine by Charles Babbage.
我发育缓慢,差不多到了两百年之后,查尔斯·巴比奇才把我制成了一台分析机。
3. Over time my memory has developed so much that, like an elephant,
I never forget anything I have been told.
随着时间的推移,我的记忆能力发展得如此之快,就像一头大象一样,从来不会忘记告诉我的任何事情!
4. And my memory became so large that even I couldn't believe it.