Model 6 The Internet and Telecommunications
重点句型
1. It then became possible for universities to use the system as well.
然后大学利用这种系统也变得可能。
2. At the moment,about 80 percent of web traffic is in English,but this percentage is going down.
目前,大约有80%的网络用英语,但这个百分比正在下降。
3. Berners–Lee built his first computer while he was at university using an old television!
读大学时,贝尔纳斯·李利用一台旧电视机制成了他的第一台电脑。
4. Berners–Lee made it possible for everyone to use the Internet, not just universities and the army.
贝尔纳斯·李使所有人,不仅是大学和军队,使用“因特网”成为可能。
5. It would be much better if we spent the time working on a computer.
如果我们花费这些时间在电脑上,那就更好了。
6. Text messages are much cheaper than talking on a mobile phone, and you can make it even cheaper by shortening the words that you use.
发短信比打电话便宜得多,并且你还可以通过简化用词使之更便宜。
句型探究
1. At the moment,about 80 percent of web traffic is in English,but this percentage is going down.
目前,大约有80%的网络用英语,但这个百分比正在下降。
百分数的表达法:百分数由“基数词+percent (per cent) 构成”。如:53%读作fifty–three percent, percent不能用复数形式。若百分数用作主语,其谓语动词单复数要依其后的名词来决定。
About sixty percent of the apple is bad.
这个苹果约60%坏了。
About sixty percent of apples are bad.
这些苹果中约60%坏了。
I think it's ninety percent probable.
我想有90%的可能。