Nor could he have foreseen how we could use the Internet to obtain information on every known subject, so we can read it on a screen in our homes and even print it as well if we want to.
他也無法預測到我們可以利用國際交互網獲取有關任何已知專題的信息，以便在家里的屏幕上閱讀，如果愿意的話甚至可以將其打印出來。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 51 Predicting the future
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
vt. 獲得，得到;流行;買到，達到（目的）;
vi. 通行，通用;流行;存在;
?? ob加強動作+tain握住→拿到→獲得；達到
"He has enough money to obtain the necessaries of life."
他有足夠的錢購買生活必需品
近義：attain, procure, purchase, reach, realize, secure
反義：net, produce, return, yield, bear, generate
n. 信息，數據;通知;消息;知識;
?? in進+form形狀+ation名詞后綴→通知的東西→信息
"The information and advice are boiled down to bare essentials."
各種資料與建議縮短為極簡單的要點.
近義：notice, word, communication, info, intelligence, gen
n. 主題，話題;學科，科目;[哲]主觀;
adj. 須服從…的;（在君主等）統治下的;
v. 提供，提出;使…隸屬;
?? sub在…下面+ject投擲，扔→扔下去→服從的，扔下去讓大家討論的主題 → 主題，主觀；服從的
"She was dreading having to broach the subject of money to her father."
她正在為不得不向父親提出錢的事犯愁。
近義：overpower, subdue, subjugate, submit, subordinate, tyrannize
反義：loose, save, deliver, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate
vt.& vi. 閱讀，朗讀;顯示;研究;看得懂;
vt. 顯示;閱讀;讀懂，理解;
n. 閱讀;讀物;讀書;里德（人名）;
adj. 被朗讀的;博識的;博覽的;有學問的;
"When we read out 4.23, we say " four point two three "."
我們把4.23讀作 四點二三.
近義：say, perusal, reading, knowledgeable, learned, scholarly
n. 屏幕;銀幕;屏風;
vt. 掩藏;庇護;檢查;放映;
"He nodded absently, his attention absorbed by the screen."
他專心注視著屏幕，只是心不在焉地點了點頭。
近義：hide, mask, obscure, occlude, occult, secrete