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Computer facts
電腦的事實(shí)
Smaller and better
更小而更好
In the 1940s, the first computers were bigger than cars.
在 20 世紀(jì) 40 年代，第一臺(tái)電腦比汽車(chē)還要大。
Now computers are becoming smaller and better.
現(xiàn)在的電腦變得越來(lái)越小，而且越來(lái)越好了。
Some computers are tiny. You may be unaware of them.
有些電腦是微型的。你可能意識(shí)不到它們。
There is probably one inside your TV or washing machine.
可能在你的電視機(jī)或洗衣機(jī)內(nèi)部就有一個(gè)。
You depend on computers more than you realize.
你所依賴(lài)的電腦比你更能干。
What can we do with computers?
我們可以用電腦做什么？
We can use computers to calculate.
我們可以用電腦來(lái)計(jì)算。
They can calculate at a faster speed than we can and almost never give wrong answers.
它們可以以比我們更快的速度計(jì)算而且?guī)缀鯊膩?lái)不會(huì)給你錯(cuò)誤的答案。
We can also type and draw things with them.
我們還可以用它們來(lái)打字或繪畫(huà)。
In addition, computers can do important jobs like operating railways and flying planes and spaceships.
此外，電腦還可以在運(yùn)行的鐵路上、飛行的飛機(jī)和太空飛船上等 擔(dān)負(fù)重要的工作。
Is a computer cleverer than me?
一臺(tái)電腦會(huì)比我更聰明？
The answer is “No”. Your brain can produce new ideas but computers cannot.
答案是“否”。你的大腦能產(chǎn)生新的想法，但電腦不能。
However, one day computers may be able to do a better job than human beings.
不過(guò)，或許有一天電腦能比人類(lèi)干得更好。
For example, they may be better than doctors at doing their job.
例如：他們可能比醫(yī)生更能從事醫(yī)生的工作。
What will happen to us if computers can do all our jobs? Will we have nothing to do?
如果電腦可以做我們所有的工作時(shí)將會(huì)發(fā)生什么事？我們什么都不用做？
Computers may change our lives, but will they make them better?
電腦可能會(huì)改變我們的生活，但它們會(huì)讓生活變得更美好嗎？
