Who could have imagined, in the mid 1970s, for example, that by the end of the 20th century, computers would be as common in people's homes as TV sets?
举个例子吧，在20世纪70年代中叶又有谁能想得到在20世纪末的时候，家庭用的计算机会像电视机一样普遍？
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 51 Predicting the future

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

example [ɪg'zæmpl] 词频1 词根: em
n. 例子;榜样;范例;先例; vt. 作为…的例子;为…做出榜样; vi. 举例;作为…的示范;
💡 ex出+ ample拿，获得→拿出来→作为榜样 →样本；榜样
"a classic example of poor communication"
缺乏有效沟通的典型实例
近义：illustration, archetype, model, original, paradigm, paragon
people ['pipl] 词频1 词根: 公众
n. 人，人类;居民;人民;种族; vt. 居住于，布满;使住满人，在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks 反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
century ['sɛntʃəri] 词频1 词根: cent
n. 百年，一世纪;百个;（板球）一百分;<美>百元钞票;
💡 cent 表”百”; 十进制中表小数点的前缀
"The discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs of the 11th century."
通常认为，蒸馏法是阿拉伯人在11世纪发明的。
common ['kɑmən] 词频1 词根: 公共
adj. 普通的;通俗的;[数学]公共的;共有的; n. [法律]（对土地、水域的）共有权;公共用地;普通;平民;
💡 共同(com)在月光(mon-moon)下， 共有的
"We have lots of things in common besides music."
除了音乐，我们还有很多共通点。
近义：popular, mundane, ordinary, average, plain, commonplace 反义：irreplaceable, matchless, outstanding, peculiar, single, sole
imagined
v. 想( imagine的过去式和过去分词 ); 想像; 料想; 误认为

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

One man stayed at the wheel while two others with black stocking over their faces jumped out and smashed the window of the shop with iron bars.
一人留在驾驶座上，另外两个用黑色长筒丝袜蒙面的人跳下车来。他们用铁棒把商店橱窗的玻璃砸碎。
When he died at the age of eighty,
他80岁那年死去时，
yet we might grudge paying a surgeon a high fee for offering us precisely this service.
但就在外科大夫给我们提供了这种服务后，我们却可能为所支付的昂贵的费用而抱怨。
During the rush hour one evening two cars collided and both drivers began to argue.
一天傍晚交通最拥挤时，一辆汽车撞上前面一辆汽车，两个司机争吵起来。
Only when he saw that the man was actually telephoning the police did he realize that they had all been the victims of a hoax.
当他看到那个工人真的是给警察挂电话，才恍然大悟，原来他们都成一场骗局的受害者。
but unfortunately not all of us are born handymen.
但不幸的是，我们并非人人都是能工巧匠。