人教版高一英语必修二Unit 3课文翻译

人教版高一英语必修二Unit 3课文翻译

Unit 3 Computers

Reading

WHO AM I?

我是谁?

Over time I have changed quite a lot. I began as a calculating machine in France in1642.Although I was young I could simplify difficult sums.I developed very slowly and it took nearly two hundred years before I was built as an analytical machine by Charles Baggage. After I was programmed by an operator who used cards with holes, I could“think”logically and produce an answer quicker than any person. At that time it was considered a technological revolution and the start of my “artificial intelligence”. In 1936my real father, Alan Turing,wrote a book about how I could be made to work as a“universal machine”to solve any difficult mathematical problem. From then on, I grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower. By the 1940s I had grown as large as a room,and I wonders if I would grow any longer. However, this reality also worried my designers.As time went by, I was made smaller.First as a PC(personal computer)and then as a

laptop, I have been used in offices and homes since the 1970s.

随着时间的推移我被改变了很多。在1642年的法国，我是作为一个计算机器而开始的。虽然我很年轻，我可以简化一些计算题。我很慢的发展了将近两百年之后，我才被Charles Babbage改造成分析机器。之后我被一个使用带洞的卡的操作员编程可以有逻辑性地思考并且得出答案比任何人都快。那是一个被成为技术改革的时候并且开始了我的人造智能。在1936年我真正的父亲Alan Turing写了一本关于我如何像通用机器一样去解决任何困难的数学问题的书。从那起，我在体积和智能方面快速的发展。在1940年我变得像一个房间一样大，并且我想知道我是否还能变得更大。然而，事实也在困扰着我的设计者。随着时间的推移，我被制的更小。首先是个人电脑再到后来的手提电脑，在1970年我已经开始被用在办公室和家里。

These changes only became possible as my memory improved.First it was stored in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chips. As a result I totally changed my shape. As I have grown older I have also grown smaller. Over time my memory has developed so much that, like an elephant, I never forget anything I have been told! And my memory became so large that even I couldn’t believe it! But I was always so lonely standing there by myself, until in the1960s they gave me a

family connected by a network. I was able to share my knowledge with others through the World Wide Web.

随着我的内存的改善这些变化变成了可能。开始记忆被存放于电子管里，然后是晶体管和后来更小的晶片。因此我改变了我的整个外型。随着我慢慢变老我也慢慢的变小。随着时间推移我的记忆力发展的那么快，像头大象，我不会忘记任何我曾被告知的东西!而且我的记忆力变得如此的大以至于我都不敢相信!不过我总是自己那么孤单的站在那里，直到1960年他们通过网络给了我一个家庭关系。我能够通过万维网和其他的电脑分享我的知识。

Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for me. I have become very important in communication, finance and trade.I have also been put into robots and used to make mobile phones as well as help with medical operations. I have even been put into space rockets and sent to explore the Moon and Mars. Anyhow,my goal is to provide humans with a life of high quality. I am now truly filled with happiness that I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race!

从20世纪70年代以来很多新的应用为我而被发明。我在交流，金融和贸易方面变得重要。我也被安装在遥控装置中被用来制造移动电话，还帮助做医疗手术。我甚至已经被安装在宇航火箭中并被送去探测月亮和火星。无论如何（不管怎样），我的目的是为人们提供高