professional athletes travel from town to town and sometimes from country to country competing in weekly events. This is called the Pro Circuit or Pro The major events, such as the U.s., British, French, and Australian Opens in tennis are part of the pro circuit 9 Leading Computer Companies The two leading computer companies in the world are IBM(International Business Machines) and Microsoft. IBM specializes in hardware, and Microsoft specializes in software. Windows is clearly the dominant software format, and this may be microsoft's greatest contribution to the computer industry. The PC(personal computer)was actually pioneered by other companies such as Apple, but IBM has met this challenge with PC's of its own and still dominates the field Notes to the text I used creative emulation to help me attain my goal of playing tennis on the pro circuit 创造性模仿让我实现了参加职业网球巡回赛的目标。 pro circuit the professional tour in any sport 2. I examined back issues of every tennis magazine looking for articles on techniques.(para 我仔细研究每一本过期的网球杂志,寻找各种关于网球技术的文章。 3. I wrote most of these ideas in my personal journal, which consisted of several notebook and thousands of index cards.(para. 2) 我将绝大部分心得写在日记里我记的日记有好几本,还做了上千的索引卡片。 personal journal: a kind of diary, consisting of notebooks, etc, which are usually not published and may only be used by the author 4. This process converted me from a third-string player on a second-rate college tennis team to someone who could win a few minor tournaments on the pro circuit.(para. 2)9 professional athletes travel from town to town and sometimes from country to country competing in weekly events. This is called the Pro Circuit or Pro The major events, such as the U.S., British, French, and Australian Opens in tennis are part of the Pro Circuit. ◆ Leading Computer Companies The two leading computer companies in the world are IBM (International Business Machines) and Microsoft. IBM specializes in hardware, and Microsoft specializes in software. Windows is clearly the dominant software format, and this may be Microsoft’s greatest contribution to the computer industry. The PC (personal computer) was actually pioneered by other companies such as Apple, but IBM has met this challenge with PC’s of its own and still dominates the field. ◼ Notes to the Text 1. I used creative emulation to help me attain my goal of playing tennis on the pro circuit. (para. 2) 创造性模仿让我实现了参加职业网球巡回赛的目标。 pro circuit: the professional tour in any sport 2. I examined back issues of every tennis magazine looking for articles on techniques. (para. 2) 我仔细研究每一本过期的网球杂志，寻找各种关于网球技术的文章。 back issues: issues from previous dates 3. I wrote most of these ideas in my personal journal, which consisted of several notebooks and thousands of index cards. (para. 2) 我将绝大部分心得写在日记里,我记的日记有好几本，还做了上千的索引卡片。 personal journal: a kind of diary, consisting of notebooks, etc., which are usually not published and may only be used by the author 4. This process converted me from a third-string player on a second-rate college tennis team to someone who could win a few minor tournaments on the pro circuit. (para. 2)