| Enrichment Reading 3 > Unit 6 > Vocabulary |
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| PC | common abbreviation for “personal computer” 个人电脑 | |
| distinction | n. | difference, way of distinguishing two things 差别 |
| brand-new | adj. | completely new 崭新的 |
| expire | v. | to run out, to finish. “The policeman
warned him that his driving license had expired, and told him to get
a new one immediately.” （期限）终止 |
| critical | adj. | difficult, important, crucial 关键性的，重大的 |
| Apple Mac | a type of computer 苹果机 | |
| jumbo jet | a type of huge aircraft （能载300名以上乘客的）巨型喷气式飞机，珍宝机 | |
| earn a fortune | to earn a lot of money 挣了一大笔钱 | |
| quality control | process in manufacturing
in which checks are made to ensure the quality of the goods or services
produced are acceptable 质量控制 |
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| cost a fortune | to cost a great deal, very expensive 花费巨大 | |
| bug | n. | a computer virus
(disease) which damages computrs 计算机病毒 |
| beta | n. | Greek word for the letter “B”希腊语的第二个字母 |
| website | n. | a place on the Internet where you can access information; there are hundreds of thousands of websites on the net -- some a good deal better and more reliable than others 网站 |
| archive | n. | collection of old material 档案；大宗纪录 |
| manual | n. | small book of
instruction, telling you how to use something 手册 |
| bland | adj. | featureless; uninteresting 无特色的；枯燥无味的 |
| urgently | adv. | from the adjective urgent; if something is urgent, it is very important indeed. 紧迫的，紧要的 |
| shark-like | adj. | like a shark. In the text, this means that members of the public can easily become victims. 像鲨鱼似的 |
| dummy | n. | someone who is stupid, or ignorant 本人，蠢货 |
| respectively | adv. | in each case 各自地，分别地 |
| rage | n. | a fit of anger （一阵）狂怒 |
| portion | n. | a part of something. “I lost the
last portion of the document.” 一部分；一份 |
| video | n. | a cassette containing
a film. “Let’s hire a video this evening!” 录像 |
| diagrammatic | adj. | represented as a diagram. “I find ideas easier to follow if they are represented in diagrammatic form.” 图表的，图解的 |
| icon | n. | a visual symbol;
a picture representing an idea, frequently used in computer manuals.
“To open the program, click on that icon!” 图像 |
| bomb | n. | 炸弹 |
| link up | to connect | 连接，联系 |
| hypertext | n. | a method formatting computer text so that documents are linked to each other 超文本 |
| document | n. | In the field of computers it means a file: a piece of work you are working on. 文件，文档 |
| train of thought | the thing you are thinking about 思路 | |
| presto | int. | an exclamation, meaning “As if by magic!” 说时迟，那时快 |
| format | v. | to create text in such a way that
a machine can treat it 为...编排格式 |
| general public | ordinary people. “This building is open to the general public every afternoon from two till five.” 公众 | |
| graphic | adj. | presented in a visual form 用图表示的 |
| web-browser | n. | “To browse” means
to wander through text, reading almost randomly; a web-browser is
a tool for exploring the Internet. 环球网阅览器 |
| catch on | to become popular 流行起来，受（人）欢迎 | |
| license fee | the sum you pay to have permission to use someone else’s property 执照税 | |
| earnings | n. | the money you earn or make 工资，收入 |
| antisocial purpose | 反社会目的；破坏公共利益目的 |
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| morally polluting | 败坏道德的 |
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| confuse | v. | to mix up. “She
confused the entrance to the cinema with the exit.” 混淆 |
| the foreseeable future | the future as far as one can see 可预见的未来 | |
| bundle | v. | to gather together, to include. “This program came bundled with my new computer.” 把...扎成一捆（或一包） |
| internal | adj. | inside; placed inside the computer
casing (opposite external) 内部的 |
| snail mail | A snail is a kind
of small, soft animal, most of them with a spiral shell; snail-mail
is so-called because it is very slow -- like a snail! 邮递的信件 |
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| globe | n. | the world 地球，世界 |
| cybercafe | n. | a cafe where you can also hire a computer by the hour or half-hour to produce a document, e-mail someone etc. 网吧 |
| online | adj. | connected to the phone (opposite offline) 联机的，连线的 |
| log on | to become connected to (opposite log off) 连接 | |
| download | v. | to load onto your machine’s hard drive from the Internet 下载 |
| outgoing message | a letter you have
written to send (opposite incoming message) 发送的信息 |
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| at your leisure | in your own time; whenever you want 在你空闲的时候；在方便的时候 | |
| motto | n. | saying adopted
by a person or group as a “recipe for life” 座右铭；格言 |