Para. 7
Computers in your home will enable you to answer interactive questions about your health and show the alternative results which will affect you if you act in a certain way.
alternative: adj. different from something else and
able to be used instead of it “供选择的，供替代的”
e.g.
What are alternative explanations for this phenomenon?
关于这个现象的其他解释是什么？
alternative另外一个意思是“非传统的”，“另类的”,
如:
alternative lifestyle 另类的生活方式;
alternative energy sources 非传统能源；
alternative medicine 非传统西医疗法
alternative
adj. 可选择的
e.g.
a. I'm afraid I have no alternative idea but to report you to the police.
恐怕除了向警方告发你以外, 我是别无选择了。
b. We have two alternative courses, surrender or death.
我们只有两条路，投降或死亡。
interactive
adj. （人机之间）可互通信息的
e.g.
The use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion.
用电话作为交互介质。
相互作用的，相互影响的
But its truly revolutionary character can be seen in its interactive potential.
但它真正革命的特性能够在其相互影响的潜力方面表现出来。
译文：
家用电脑可以让你通过人机交互方式回答有关你健康的问题并告诉你你的某种行为会带来不同的结果。
Para. 8
Your Car
Cars will be almost certainly controlled by computers.
译文：
你的汽车
汽车将几乎完全被电脑所控制。
Para. 9
1. To pay for roads and transport costs, cars will be billed for using high-speed toll roads.
1) bill: vt. “开账单给······”；n. “账单”
e.g.
We were billed for three nights when we were only there for two nights.
我们只在那里住了两晚，却被要求付三个晚上的费用。
electricity/gas/phone bill电费/煤气/电话单
搭配：foot/pay the bill “付款”
e.g.
Who will foot the bill for tonight’s dinner?
谁来付今晚的餐费？
2) toll: n. an amount of money one pays to use a bridge, road, etc. “通行费”
e.g.
They examined goods and collected tolls on
roads and bridges.
他们检查货物，并收取过路费和过桥费。
tollgate/tollbooth收费处；a national toll-free hotline　　国内免费热线
译文：
为了支付道路建设和交通成本，使用高速收费
公路的汽车将要付费。
2. Computers will record the passage of the car and automatically take the money from the car owner’s computerize bank accounts.
译文：
电脑将记录车辆通过的情况并从车主电脑银行帐户上自动扣除费用。
automatically
adv. 自动地
e.g.
a. A device that scans automatically for some signal or condition.
能自动扫描一些信号或环境的装置。
b. Income tax will be deducted automatically from our salaries.
所得税会自动地从我们的工资中扣除。
computerized
adj. 计算机化的，电脑化的
e.g.
The firm has decided to computerize its wages department.
公司已决定在工资科实行电脑操作。
Para. 10
Computers will tell drivers where they are, showing maps of districts the car is traveling through on a small screen in the car.
译文：
电脑会通过车上的小显示屏显示出车所经地区的地图，告诉车主所处位置。
Para. 11
Computers will diagnose any problems with a car engine. Computer connections will list the nearest places of repair, and tell you the cost of the new parts and where they can be bought.
译文：
电脑将会诊断汽车发动机出现的任何问题。电脑网络会列出最近的修理点，所需新零件的价格及购买地点。
connection
n. 连接
e.g.
How long will the connection of the telephone take?
接通电话需要多长时间呢?
关系
The company has connections with a number of American firms.
这家公司与许多美国公司有往来。

第八十一讲
Para. 12
The Computerized Home
More than half of the personal computers sold in the United States in recent years have gone into the home. The result is that computers will become an essential part of home life in the West. Some future tasks which computers are already doing at home:
译文
电脑家庭
近年来美国所售个人电脑的一大半成了家庭用品。这一现象带来的结果是电脑将成为西方家庭的生活必需品。电脑已在家庭中发挥的功能有：
Para. 13
Computers turn on the lights, heating and essential household services before people arrive home from work.
house hold: adj. used in homes or relating to homes or all the people in one family
“家庭的，家用的；全家人的”
e.g.
a. Research shows those most likely to upgrade household appliances are households with children, married couples and consumers with income over $50,000.
研究发现最有可能更新家用器具的是有孩子的家庭，已婚夫妇以及收入超过50,000美元的消费者。
b. It is estimated that average annual household income is between $10,000 and $15,000.
据估计年均家庭收入在10,000到15,000美元。
c. Microsoft has become a household name/word.
微软已成为家喻户晓的名字。
d. a four-person household 四口之家
security
n. 安全
e.g.
a. They lulled her into a false sense of security.
他们哄骗她, 使她产生一种虚假的安全感。
b. Economic security is becoming daily more important for state security.
经济安全在国家安全中的地位日益重要。
译文：
电脑在人们下班回家打开电灯、暖气和其他基本的家庭服务设备。电脑还控制负责做饭、烧热水和提供安全保障的系统。
Para. 14
1. Computers enable homework assignments to be done with worldwide resources, using sources such as museums and science facilities all around the world.
1) worldwide: adj. throughout the world “全世界
的；在世界各地”
e.g.
a. Our company employs 1,500 staff worldwide.
我们公司在世界各地雇佣了1,500名职员。
b. The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, released a report in April projecting a worldwide shortage of 18 million teachers over the next decade.
联合国教科文组织四月份发布的一份报告中预计在未来10年中全世界教师缺口达1,800万。
-wide: throughout与名词构成形容词或副词；表示“在······范围内的/地”，如: nationwide, citywide, schoolwide
2) resource: n. a source of supply, support, wealth of a country “资源；（信息等的）来源”
e.g.
a. Internet has become a valuable resource in schools.
因特网已成为学校里一个非常有用的教育资源。
b. African countries are very rich in natural resources.
非洲国家的自然资源非常丰富。
c. The school has a resource room where video and audio equipment is stored.
学校有个储放录像和音响设备的资料室。
resourced: adj. “资财充裕的”
e.g.
The police are massively under-staffed and under-resourced.
警方的警力和资金都严重不足。
3) 句中using sources such as...around the world部分是现在分词作方式状语，说明利用世界各地资源的方式。
4) facility: n. something such as a room or a piece of equipment that is provided at a place for people to use（通常用复数）“设施，设备”
e.g.
a. We chose that hotel because of its facilities for conferences.
我们选择这家饭店是因为它有会议设施。
b. A temporary ten-bed facility will open next month.
一个有十张床位的临时诊所下月开张。
facility: n. a natural ability to do something well
（用单数）“天赋，技能”
e.g.
Does he have a facility for languages?
他有学习语言的天赋吗？
tell/know...apart “分清，区别开来”
e.g.
I can’t tell the twins apart.
我分不清这对双胞胎。
apart from “除······之外（还）”
e.g.
a. Apart from other considerations, time is a factor.
除了其他考虑之外，时间也是一个因素。
b. Apart from a few scratches, the car was undamaged.
译文：
有了电脑，人们完成家庭作业可以利用全世界的资源，比如世界各地的博物馆和科学设施。