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e head of one of the biggest movie panies in the United States predicted that no one would want to see actors talk. Of course, he was wrong! In 1977, the head of the largest puter pany in the United States said, “No one will want to have a puter in his or her home.” He thought that puters would never be used by most people. predict v. 預(yù)言 future ;未來 prediction e true 實現(xiàn);達到 ecame pany (復(fù)數(shù) panies) thinkthought see sb. do sth. 看到某人做某事 (make, let, hear, watch) 3 Find these words from this unit. 1. A place to live in space: 2. Something kids will use to study at home: 3. These will be in every home: 4. Yang Liwei is a famous Chinese . space station astronaut puters robots 21. for oneself: 為自己,親自地 She kept the smallest apple for herself. 22. interview: n. 面試,面談 v. 采訪 (1) I’ll have an interview next Monday. (2) He will interview many famous people next year. interviewer: 采訪者 23. 物 +e true: 實現(xiàn),成為現(xiàn)實 (主語不可以為人) (1) His dream came true. (2) I should work hard to make my hope e true. 24. sound: n. 聲音 (不可數(shù)) There was no sound in the movies in the past. v. 聽起來 (系動詞) That piece of music sounds beautiful. 25. unpleasant: adj. 使人不愉快的 This is an unpleasant trip. pleasant: adj. 令人愉快的 26. such: adj. 這樣的,這種 (修飾 n.) such a boy so: 如此 (修飾 adj./adv.) so beautiful “如此 ......的人或事物” (1) such+a/an+adj+單數(shù) n.=so+adj.+a/an+單 n. such an interesting book =so interesing a book (2) such+adj.+復(fù)數(shù) n. /不可數(shù) (不可用 so) such tall trees such cold water (3) so+表數(shù)量的詞 (many,much,little,few等 )+n. so much water so many people 27. already: adv. 早已,已經(jīng)(一般用于肯定句) There are already robots working in factories. 28. get bored: 厭煩 get bored with (doing) sth 厭煩(做)某事 He got bored with staying at home alone. boring: 令人厭煩的 29. human: n. 人,人類(可數(shù)) Humans should stop polluting nature. 30. possible: adj. 可能的(反: impossible: 不可能的)主語一般是物 It’s possible/impossible for sb to do sth. 對于某人來說做某事是可能 /不可能的。 It’s possible for us to finish the work in one month. as…as possible=as…as sb can: 盡可能地 …… as soon as possible 盡快 31. seem: v. 像是,似乎 seem (to be)+adj. She seems (to be) very happy today. seem to do sth They seemed to get up late. It seems/seemed that... It seemed that they got up late.