5. In the future, some companies will use more and more computers and employ as fewer human workers as possible Exercise 4 the passage you've just read, some of the experiments or facts of computer uses are mentioned each inspiring some possible visions of the future. Now complete the table with the relevant information you've got from the passage Experiments or facts Predictions of the future Electronic banking and shopping Near-normal brain for the disabled Working at home Robots in the general motors plant in Newark, Delaware Silicon microchips Vocabulary and structure Exercise 5 Choose the definition from Column b that best matches the word in column a B 1. inspire a. a small mark 2. deaf b a heavenly body that moves round the sun 3. artificial 5. predict e. not able to hear at all or to hear well 6. pla f man-made 7. spot g put ideas into someones mind 8. increasingly h. say or describe(a future happening)in advance 9. costly i that can work by itself 10 j. a result produced on the mind or feelings Translate the expressions into Chinese or English 1. limitless possibilities 有限的可能性 predict the possibility 探索改进的可能性 2. get a desired effect 产生意外的效果 go into effect ng a plan into effect 3. ink spots on one's shirt 茄克衫上的血渍 ook for a quiet sp be caught on the spe5. In the future, some companies will use more and more computers and employ as fewer human workers as possible. Exercise 4 the passage you've just read, some of the experiments or facts of computer uses are mentioned, each inspiring some possible visions of the future. Now complete the table with the relevant information you've got from the passage. Experiments or facts Predictions of the future Electronic banking and shopping Near-normal brain for the disabled Working at home Robots in the General Motors plant in Newark, Delaware Silicon microchips Vocabulary and Structure Exercise 5 Choose the definition from Column B that best matches the word in Column A. A B 1. inspire a. a small mark 2. deaf b. a heavenly body that moves round the sun 3. artificial c. expensive 4. effect d. more and more 5. predict e. not able to hear at all or to hear well 6. planet f. man-made 7. spot g. put ideas into someone's mind 8. increasingly h. say or describe (a future happening) in advance 9. costly i. that can work by itself 10. automatic j. a result produced on the mind or feelings Exercise 6 Translate the expressions into Chinese or English. 1. limitless possibilities 有限的可能性 predict the possibility 探索改进的可能性 2. get a desired effect 产生意外的效果 go into effect bring a plan into effect 3. ink spots on one’s shirt 茄克衫上的血渍 look for a quiet spot be caught on the spot