2023-2024学年新概念英语第四册 第10课课件

Lesson 10 Silicon valley 硅 谷 ① Technology trends may push Silicon Valley back to the future. ② Carver Mead, a pioneer in integrated circuits and a professor of computer science at the California Institute of Technology, notes there are now work-stations that enable engineers to design, test and produce chips right on their desks, much the way an editor creates a newsletter on a Macintosh. integrated adj. 各部分完美组合在一起的，综合的 an integrated public transport system integrated circuit integrate A with B integrate theory with practice Carver Mead, a pioneer in integrated circuits and a professor of computer science at the California Institute of Technology, notes there are now work-stations that enable engineers to design, test and produce chips right on their desks, (much the way an editor creates a newsletter on a Macintosh). note v. 1. notice or pay attention to sth. Note how she is holding her racket. v. 2. mention sth. because it is important or interesting enable engineers to design, test and produce chips enable sb. to do allow / permit sb. to do make it possible for sb. to do newsletter: a printed report sent regularly to a particular group of people Macintosh: (Mac) personal computer, developed by Apple Computer Corporation in 1984 ... (much the way an editor creates a newsletter on a Macintosh). The steak is cooked the way I like it. much: nearly; about; approximately The patient’s situation is much the same. 造句：因特网技术可以使你能够在家中购物，这与你在普通商店买东西差不多。 Internet technology enables you to make purchases at home, much the way you do in regular shops. ③ As the time and cost of making a chip drop to a few days and a few hundred dollars, engineers may soon be free to let their imaginations soar without being penalized by expensive failures. penalize v. 处罚，惩罚 penalty n. death penalty capital punishment fine sb. for sth. He was fined $300 for reckless driving. be sentenced to .... He was sentenced to 10 years in prison / life imprisonment / death. discipline sb.