1、I know this sounds very simple, but at that time it was a technological revolution.
我知道这听起来很简单，但是在那个时候这却是一项技术革命。
sound+形容词，意为“听起来如何”，sound like+名词，是“听起来像……”的意思。
①It sounds like a train. Let’s hurry.（a train可数名词，注意冠词）
快点，这听起来好像是火车的声音。
②It sounds like water. Didn’t you turn off the tape?（water，不可数名词）
听起来好像是水的声音，难道你没有关水龙头？
③What he said sounded reasonable.
他说的话听起来好像有道理。
2、My real father was Alan Turing who in 1936 wrote a book to describe how computers could be made to work and built a“universal machine”to solve any mathematical problem.
我真正的父亲是艾伦·图林，他1936年曾写过一本书，书中描写了使计算机工作的方法，
并且他还制作了一台“通用机器”来解决数学问题。
这是一个定语从句，它属于A句型。
①No one could recognize me after I got my new transistors in the 1960s.
20世纪60年代我有了新的晶体管之后，就没有人能认出我了。
关于“在某年、某月、某年代”的表达：
in 1960=in the year 1960 在1960年
in September, 1960=in the September of 1960 在1960年9月
in the 1960s=in the 1960’s 在20世纪60年代
3、I love being used to connect people who aren’t close enough to speak to each
other.
我喜欢被相距遥远的人们用来彼此联系。
love to do和love doing的意思差不多，都是“喜欢做某事”的意思，细微区别是love
to do侧重具体的、某一次的动作，而love doing强调经常性的动作。这样的动词常见
的还有like，begin，start等。但是would/should love和would/should like之后必
须接to do。
①I like swimming very much, but I don’t like to swim in such bad weather today.
我（平时）非常喜欢游泳，但今天天气太差，我不想游。
②I love to stay（staying）outside when it is too hot.
天气热的时候我喜欢呆在外边。
③…Would you like to go there with us?
…Yes, I’d like to.
你愿意和我们一起到那儿去吗？
愿意。
4、I think we can work together to create an even better system.
我觉得我们可以合作创造出一个更好的系统。
even，still，much，a lot，a great deal，a little，a bit，no之后都可以接形容
词或副词的比较级。
①He is trying to make even greater progress.
他正尽力争取更大的进步。
②The boy is far taller than before.
这男孩比以前高多了。
③It is a little cooler today than yesterday.
今天比昨天凉爽一点。
④He is no richer than I.
=He is as poor as I.
他和我一样穷。
⑤You have done a lot better than I expected.
你做的比我预料的要好得多。
5、In a way, my programmer is like my coach.
从某种程度上看，我的程序员好比是我的教练。
in a way在某种程度上，从某个意义上说
by the way顺便问（说）
on the（one’s）way在……路上
①In a way, her English has improved but there is still a long way to go.
从某种程度上看，她的英语有进步，但对她来说，路还很长。
②His teacher considers him clever and in a way he is right.
他的老师认为他很聪明，从某些方面看，老师是对的。
③By the way, at what time will you start?
顺便问一下，你们几点出发？
④On our way home, we were caught in the rain.
在回家的路上，我们淋雨了。
6、After all, with the help of my computer brain, which never forget anything,
intelligence is what I’m all about.
不管怎样，在我过目不忘的计算机头脑的帮助下，智能就是我的一切。
after all尽管；到底（最终）；究竟；毕竟
①Don’t scold her. After all, she is a five-year-old girl.
别责备她，毕竟她还是一个五岁的女孩。
②So you see, I was right after all.
所以你看，（最终）我还是对了吧。