题目

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Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
根据下表的提示写一篇关于电脑发展史的作文。

时间	内容
1662年	计算机在法国发明，可以使计算简单化；
200年以后	Charles Babbage发明了分析机，装入程序可以进行逻辑“思维”，比人计算答案更快；
从1936年	体型和脑部功能发展迅速，大到如一间房子；
随后	体型慢慢变小，从PC到掌上电脑；
20世纪60年代	互联网诞生；
从1970年	大规模应用于办公室，通过网络，达到资源共享；
现在	… …

注意：1.词数：不少于120词；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3.参考词汇：计算机
a calculating machine；分析机an analytical machine；逻辑地logically。

答案

Do you know the history of the computer?
Let’s talk about it.
In 1662,a calculating machine was invented in France ,which could simplify the difficult calculation.200 years later, Charles Babbage invented an analytical machine .After being programmed, it could “think” logically and produce an answer quicker than a person. From 1936 on, this kind of machine grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower, and it became as large as a room.
As time went on, the machine became smaller and smaller, first as a PC and then as a laptop. The Internet appeared in the 1960s and the computer was connected by a network. Since the year of 1970, computers have been widely used in offices and we can share everything with others through the Internet.
Nowadays, the computer is widely used in every field in society, It is hard to imagine what the world would be like without the computer.

解析

本文是关于电脑发展史的一篇文章，纯粹的翻译题，能体现出学生的英语基础情况。在翻译时一定要注意选词和表达，只要意思正确即可，还要注意文章的整体把握，谋篇布局，因为文章是根据时间顺序来写的，那么在写的过程中我们也要只要不要过于程序化，要变换句式。