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18A Foreword 2007.04.30 潘晓燕 What information may be included in a foreword? Structure of the text Part I (1—7): Social Background I.(1—3): The development of ____ _______ 1. PC _________ in the past 20 years 2. __________ revolution now 3. The _______ is the foundation for the _________ II.(4—7): Public attention to the PC industry. 4. ________ attention in the PC industry’s infancy 5. An _________ amount of interest in the _________ ________ 6. People’s ___________ of the information highway 7. The necessity that a broad set of people ___ ____ the debate on the communications revolution. Part II (8 — 10): Purpose Content 8. A _________ ________ for the forthcoming journey 9. Not an ________ 10. Not a ________ ________ Part III(11): Trouble The process of thinking about and writing the book ___ ____ _____I expected. Part IV(12): Hope I hope it can ________ understanding, debate, and creative ideas. Language Points 1. incredible a. 不能相信的，不可信的；难以置信的，不可思议的，惊人的 【例句】Her written English was first-class, with a(n) incredible vocabulary for a sophomore. 【近义词】unbelievable 2. barely ad. 仅仅，只不过，几乎不 【近义词】hardly, scarcely 【搭配】barely…when… 刚刚 【例句】He had barely been inside the house for ten minutes when he had to leave again. 【考点】barely为半否定词，置于句首时句子主谓要部分倒装：Barely had he been inside the house for ten minutes when he had to leave again. 3. major a. 较大的，主要的，重大的 n. 少校；专业，专业学生 vi.(in)主修，专攻 【搭配】major in sth主修，专攻 【派生】majority n. 大多数（in the/a majority居大多数） 【反义词】minor a. 较小的，较少的；次要的 n.未成年人；副修科目 vi.(in)(大学中)副修 【真题】As well as teaching, research is of major importance. 4. application n. 申请，申请表；应用，实施，实用性；施用，敷用，涂抹 【派生】apply vi. 申请，请求；适用 vt. 使用，运用，实施；涂，敷，施 applicant n. 申请人 【搭配】apply to… for sth向…申请得到某物 【真题】1. I spent so much time polishing my letter of application. 2. Thanks to a variety of relatively inexpensive communications devices with business applications, even small businesses in the United States are able to get into international markets. 5. foundation n. [