计算机专业英语(第二版) 教学课件 作者 吴群 吴坚 Lesson Fourteen.ppt

专业英语 Lesson Fourteen ? Key point: inverted word-order and the sentence pattern “It is (was)…that” ? Difficult points: distinguishing inverted word-order ? Requirement: By the end of this lesson, you should be able to have a good command of The usage of inverted word-order and the sentence pattern “It is (was)…that” ?? computer terms given in the lesson ? By the end of this lesson, you should be able to state the history of the Internet write your personal statement The Ancient History of the Internet Abstract: The article introduces the history of the Internet which was in the World War II set the stage for the supportive research environment and the key technical developments that produced today’s global network. Key words: the history of the Internet; the World War II; Pentagon; RAND; Cerf; information superhighway New Words information-age n. 本课中意为“信息 技术发展的结果”； 名词+-age表示活 动、动作、结果， 或身份、境遇、状态。 devotee n. 爱好者 albeit conj. 尽管；虽然 geopolitical a. 地缘政治学的 postapocalypse n. 有重大意义的事件； 暴力事件 holocaust n. 大屠杀 set the stage for 打好基础； 为……创造条件 operations research n. 运筹学；操作研究 boffins n. （俚）科技人员 dole out v. 分发 Pentagon n. 五角大楼 （美国国防部大楼） balky a. 顽劣的 mainframes n. 计算机主机 elaborate complex n. 综合建筑物 subterranean a. 地下的；隐蔽的 hideouts n. 躲藏处 hookup n. 无线电通讯网