just take a moment
2017/11/23
《just take a moment》这首英文歌真的很好听，虽然听不懂，但是音乐的旋律很好听！
Computers have led to a third revolution for civilization, with the information revolution taking its place alongside the agriculture and the industrial revolutions.
revolution /ˌrev.əˈluː.ʃən/ noun. (politics) a change in the way a country is governed, usually to a different political system and often using violence or war.(通常指改变政治体制的)革命：
civilization /ˌsɪv.əl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ noun. (developed society) human society with its well developed social organizations, or the culture and way of life of society or country at a particular period in time. 文明社会；（特定时期社会或国家的）文明，文化。
计算机已经导致了文明的第三次革命，信息革命与农业革命和工业革命并肩而立。
The resulting multiplication of humankind's intellectual strength and reach naturally has affected our everyday lives profoundly and changed the ways in which the search for new knowledge is carried out.
multiplication table /mʌl.tɪ.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən ˌteɪ.bəl/ noun. a list that shows the results of multiplying one number by a set of other numbers, usually from one to twelve, used especially by children at school 乘法表 一张表， 显示一个数字与一个集合中的另一个数字相乘的结果，通常是从一到十二，特别在学校被小学生使用。
profoundly /prəˈfaʊnd.li/ adverb. deeply or extremely 深刻的、极度地
strength /streŋθ/ noun. (power) the ability to do things that need a lot of physical or mental effort 体力；力量；实力；
由此产生的人类智力和力量的倍增自然深刻地影响了我们的日常生活，并改变了寻找新知识的方式。
There is now a new vein of scientific investigation, with computational scientists joining theoretical and experimental scientists in the exporation of new frontiers in astronomy, biology, chemistry, and physics, among others.
frontier /frʌn.tɪər/ noun. a border between two country. 国境、边界；
vein / veɪn/ noun. a style or a temporary mood. 风格；情绪；
astronomy, biology, chemistry, and physics, 天文学、生物学、化学和物理学；三种学科
现在有一个新的科学研究的脉络，计算机科学家结合理论与实践科学家在天文学、生物学、化学和物理学之间探索新的领域。
The computer revolution continues. Each time the cost of computing improves by another factor of 10, the opportunities for computers multiply. Applications that were economically infeasible suddenly become practical. In the recent past, the following applications were "computer science fiction."
计算机革命继续。每次计算成本因其它原因成10倍递进增长，计算机的使用机率也成倍增加。过去在经济上不可行的应用程序突然变的切实可行。在最近的进去，以下的应用是“计算机科幻小说”
infeasible /ɪnˈfiː.zə.bəl/ adj. 不可行的、行不通的
- Computers in automobiles: Until microprocessors improved dramatically in price and performance in the early 1980s, computer control of cars was ludicrous. Today, computers reduce pollution, improve fuel efficiency via engine controls, and increase safety through blind spot warnings, lane departure warnings, moving object detection, and air bag inflation to protect occupants in a crash.
- Cell phones: Who would have dreamed that advances in computer systems would lead to more than half of the plant having mobile phones, allowing person-to-person communication to almost anyone anywhere in the world?
- Human genome project: The cost of computer equipment to map and analyze human DNA sequences was hundreds of millions of dollars. It's unlikely that anyone would have considered this project had the computer costs been 10 to 100 times higher, as they would have been 15 to 25 years earlier. Moreover, costs continue to drop; you will soon be able to acquire your own genome, allowing medical care to be tailored to you.
- World Wide Web: Not in existence at the time of the first edition of this book, the web has transformed our society. For many, the web has replaced libraries and newspapers.
- Search engines: As the content of the web grew in size and in value, finding relevant information became increasingly important. Today, many people rely on search engines for such a large part of their lives that it would be a hardship to go without them.
Clearly, advances in this technology now affect almost every aspect of our society. Hardware advances have allowed programmers to create wonderfully useful software, which explains why computers are omnipresent. Today's science fiction suggests tomorrow's killer applications: already on their way are glasses that augment reality, the cashless society, and cars that can drive themselves.
显然，这项技术的进步现在几科影响到我们社会的方方面面。硬件方面性能的提高使得程序员能够创建非常有用的软件，这就解释为什么计算机无处不在。今天的科幻小说暗示了明日应用程序的终结者：在增强现实感方面已经透明化，无现金社会，无人驾驶汽车。
automobiles / ´ɔ:təməbi:l/ noun. [c] a car. 汽车
microprocessors /ˌmaɪ.krəʊˈprəʊ.ses.ər/ n. a part of a computer that controls its main operations. 微处理器
dramatically /drəˈmæt.ɪ.kəl.i / adv. suddenly or obviously. 剧烈的，明显的；Your life changes dramatically when you have a baby to take care. 有了孩子，你的生活会骤然发生巨大变化。
ludicrous /ˈluː.dɪ.krəs/ adj. stupid or unreasonable and deserving to be laughed at 愚蠢可笑的；荒谬的；
blind spot /ˈblaɪnd ˌspɒt/ noun. (C usually sigular) an area that are not able to see, especially the part of a road you can not see when you are driving, behind or slightly to one side of the car. 盲点；视线盲区；（尤指）驾车时的盲区
lane /lein/ noun. noun. (road) a narrow road in the countryside or in a town. 乡间小路；小巷；小街；胡同；
occupant /ˈɒk.jə.pənt / noun.1. a person who lives or works in a rooms or building 居住者； The person occupants were an Italian family. 先前居住的是意大利人。 2. a person who is in a car, room, seat, place, or position. 占有人；占用人； One of the occupants of the car was slightly injured. 有一位乘车者，受了轻伤。
cell phone /ˈsel fəʊn/ noun.(c) a phone that is connected to the phone system by radio instead of by a wire, and can be used anywhere where its signals can be received. 移动电化，手机；
