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William English, the engineer and researcher who helped build the first computer mouse and, in 1968, orchestrated an elaborate demonstration of the technology that foretold the computers, tablets and smartphones of today, died on July 26 in San Rafael, Calif. He was 91.

At a time when only specialists used computers, entering and retrieving information through punched cards, typewriters and printouts, Mr. Engelbart envisioned a machine that anyone could use simply by manipulating images on a screen.

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orchestrate vt. 精心策劃，秘密策劃

orchestra n. 交響樂

· Terrorists orchestrated this attack.

恐怖主義者密謀了這次襲擊。

elaborate adj. 詳盡的，詳細(xì)的

· the elaborate preparations: 詳盡精心的準(zhǔn)備

· They're making the elaborate preparations for the wedding.

他們正在為婚禮做精心的準(zhǔn)備。

foretell vt. 預(yù)言，預(yù)知（predict）

retrieve vt. 檢索

(to find and get back data or information that has been stored in the memory of a computer)

· to retrieve information from the database: 從數(shù)據(jù)庫檢索資料

envision vt. 想象，設(shè)想

· They envision an equal society, free of poverty and disease.

他們?cè)O(shè)想一個(gè)沒有貧窮和疾病的平等社會(huì)。

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