六级英语晨读经典100篇 08

　　Bill Gates’Keynote Speech at Microsoft Professional Developers Conference
比尔.盖茨在北京微软专业开发人员大会上的演讲
Good morning. It's a great pleasure to be here. Today is a major milestone¹ for Microsoft as our first Developers Conference here in China. The key partnerships² we build with software developers around the world are central not only to the success of Windows but also to realize the great possibilities that PC technology provides. It's through Omega Replica³ Watches applications of every variety that businesses will be using the personal computer as the tool of the Information Age.
The storage systems are now delivering Gigabyte of storage as the standard capability⁴. Over 80 million PCs are the being sold a year. And the server markets, the higher performance machines that these PCs network with, are the fastest growing part of the business. There performance of those servers is increasing not only because the individual processors are faster, but also because we are using multiple—processor machines, so called SMP designs and clustering⁵ nodes together.
Microsoft has a vision for where the PC is going. And that vision says that PCs will become a central element of how the companies share information inside the company. The name of that vision is the so called Digital Nervous System means that not only do you have the PCs and they are connected together like electronic mail but also Omega Seamaster Replica you really through carefully about what information is important, and so all of the processes—order taking, sales planning, personnel⁶ management, project management---all of these have been set up to take full advantage of the capabilities⁷ of the computer.

1 milestone   

n.里程碑；划时代的事件

参考例句：

• The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
• I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。

2 partnerships   

n.伙伴关系( partnership的名词复数 )；合伙人身份；合作关系

参考例句：

• Partnerships suffer another major disadvantage: decision-making is shared. 合伙企业的另一主要缺点是决定要由大家来作。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• It involved selling off limited partnerships. 它涉及到售出有限的合伙权。 来自辞典例句

3 replica   

n.复制品

参考例句：

• The original conservatory has been rebuilt in replica.温室已按原样重建。
• The young artist made a replica of the famous painting.这位年轻的画家临摹了这幅著名的作品。

4 capability   

n.能力；才能；(pl)可发展的能力或特性等

参考例句：

• She has the capability to become a very fine actress.她有潜力成为杰出演员。
• Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.组织整个部门是他能力以外的事。

5 clustering   

n.聚类v.（使）集中( cluster的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Activation of lymphocytes and liver regeneration both involve perinuclear clustering of lysosmes. 淋巴细胞的激活以及肝脏的再生都与溶酶体在核周的集聚有关。 来自辞典例句
• The associations clustering round a word can in fact change very rapidly. 围绕一个词产生的感情色彩可以变化得很快。 来自辞典例句

6 personnel   

n.[总称]人员，员工，人事部门

参考例句：

• The personnel are not happy to change these rules.全体工作人员对改变这些规定很不高兴。
• Personnel has lost my tax forms.人事部门把我的税收表格给弄丢了。

7 capabilities   

n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力

参考例句：

• He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
• Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓