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课件网) Lesson 51 Predicting the future 本课重点 词汇 notorious, software, user-friendly 句型 Who could have imagined … commonly known … WORDS notorious adj. famous or well known for something bad be notorious for sth. /doing sth. be notorious as sth. The bar has become notorious as a meeting-place for drug dealers. 众所周知，他的行为粗鲁不堪。 He is notorious for his rude behavior. 统计数字是出了名的不可靠 Statistics can be notoriously unreliable. 英国的足球迷出了名的嗜酒。 English soccer fans are notorious for their drunkenness. 这个课程出了名的难。 The program is notoriously difficult to learn. mainframe n. a large powerful computer that can work very fast and that a lot of people can use at the same time full-time adj. for all the hours of a week during which it is usual for people to work, study etc. She works full-time and has two kids. 这个系列的成功使得她能够全职专注于写作。 The success of the series enabled her to concentrate full-time on writing. technician n. someone whose job is to check equipment or machines and make sure that they are working properly 技师 software n. the sets of programs that tell a computer how to do a particular job word-processing software a software company India’s software industry barely existed 15 years ago but is growing rapidly today. IBM International Business Machines DOS Disk Operating System Microsoft n. a US company which is one of the world’s largest and most important producers of computer software. It is known especially for its Windows operating system, which is used on most personal computers, for Microsoft Word, a popular word-processing program, and for Internet Explorer, a popular program for searching the Internet. The company was started by Bill Gates. 推荐电影： Pirates of Silicon Valley user-friendly adj. easy to use, understand, or operate multimedia adj. using several different methods of giving information, for example using television, newspapers, books, and computers alternative adj. an alternative idea, plan etc. is different from the one you have and can be used instead For vegetarian guests there is an alternative menu. diagnose v. to find out what illness someone has, or what the cause of a fault is , after doing tests, examinations etc. be diagnosed with sth/as sth/ adj./noun Joe struggled in school before he was diagnosed (as/with) dyslexic. 诵读困难症 If cancer is diagnosed in its early stages, it can be cured. relieve v. to reduce someone’s pain or unpleasant feelings 减轻 Some people eat for comfort, to relieve their anxieties. 经常锻炼可以减轻压力和焦虑。 Regular exercise can relieve depression and anxiety. accountant n. someone whose job is to keep and check financial accounts, calculate taxes etc. repetitive adj. done many times in the same way, and boring As children we suffered through schoolwork that was dull and repetitive. clerical adj. relating to office work, especially work such as keeping records or acc ... ...
