Very soon a computer will be able to teach you English. It will also be able to translate

Very soon a computer will be able to teach you English. It will also be able to translate any language for you too. It's just one more incredible result of the development of microprocessors - those tiny parts of a computer commonly known as "silicon chips". So give up going to classes, stop buying more textbooks and relax. In a couple of years you won't need the international language of English.

Already Texas Instruments in the United States is developing an electronic translation machine. Imagine a Spanish secretary, for example, who wants to type a letter from the boss to a businessman in Sweden. All he or she will have to do is this: first type the letter in Spanish. The letter will appear on a television screen. After a few seconds the translated letter will appear on another television screen in Stockholm in perfect Swedish.

And that's not all. Soon a computer will be able to teach you English, if you really want to learn the language. You'll sit in front of a television screen and practise endless structures. The computer will tell you when you are correct and when you are wrong. It will even talk to you because the silicon chips can change electrical impulses into sounds. And clever programmers can predict the responses you, the learner, are likely to make.

So think of itYou will be able to teach yourself at your own paceYou will waste very little timeand you can work at homeAnd if after all thatyou still can't speak Englishyou can always use the translating machineIn a few yearsthereforeperhaps there will be no need for BBC Modern Englishor BBC English by Radio programmes - no more textbooks or teachers of EnglishInstead of buying an exciting new textbookthe computer will ask you to replace it with a microprocessorFastreliable and efficient language learning and translating facilities will be available to youThink of thatno more tears or embarrassing momentsOne little problem is that a computer can't laugh yet - but the scientists are working on itHappy learning

  33. According to the writer, "you won't need the international language of English" because _____.

    A.  learning English will no longer be a difficult task

    B.  textbooks are no longer necessary

    C.  it's better to buy a computer than to go to classes

    D.  the computer will be able to translate any language for you

 34. You will _____ if you use a computer to learn the language.

  A. waste much of your time            B.  speak better English

  C. need no translating machine         D.  do everything at your own pace

35. This passage is mainly about _____

    A. someone who learns English with the help of a computer

    B. the computer teaching the language

C. fast, reliable and efficient language learning

D. what language learning could be like when computerized

答案

DDD

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