计算机专业英语(第二版) 教学课件 作者 吴群 吴坚 Lesson Sixteen.ppt

专业英语 Lesson Sixteen ? Key point: complex sentences ? Difficult points: comprehensive application of English grammar ? Requirement: By the end of this lesson, you should be able to have a good command of analysis of complex sentences and translation of them ? computer terms given in the lesson ? By the end of this lesson, you should be able to analyze the feasibility of cooperation in software industry ?? write agreements Talk of Cooperation Is Out as the Software Industry Prepares for Another Period of Sweeping Change Abstract: The most far-reaching force behind the upheaval in software has been the drive towards greater technological integration. But moves towards new alliances in the industry are unlikely to lead to an era of stability. Key words: cooperation; software industry; alliance; Microsoft; SAP; Oracle; IBM New Words ruthless a. 无情的；残忍的 brink n. 边；界；濒临；边缘 revelation v. 揭发；泄露 conspiracy n. 阴谋；反叛 genetic a. 遗传（学）上的 reputation n. 名气；信誉 foist v. 偷偷塞进；私自增加 abortive a. 流产的；失败的 upheaval n. 激变；剧变；动乱 oracle n. 智者；先知；在本文中Oracle： 甲骨文公司 hostile a. 恶意的；敌意的 bid n. 出价 gambit n. 策略；策划占上风的一招 truce n. 休战；中止 revenues n. （国家的）年收入；税收 category n. 类型；类目；范畴 adjacent a. 邻近的；紧接着的 stack n. （干草）堆；垛；堆积 subsume v. 包含 infrastructure n. 基础设施；永久性基地 aggressively ad. 侵略地；借故生端地 Sentence Explanations 1.Forget the talk of a new co-operative spirit, forced on the technology companies by customers who want cheaper and better-integrated information systems: this is still an industry on the brink of sweeping change, where bold strategic moves can reshape everything. 丢掉那个新的合作精神的话题吧，那只不过是那些希望买到更便宜、更完善信息系统的用户们强加于那些软件公司的——它仍然是一个濒临大变革的产业，在这场变革中，大