关注微信公众号：夏说英文晨读，加入万人晨读群，获得学习资料以及每日点评，与上万名同学共同进步。

原文

William English, the engineer and researcher who helped build the first computer mouse and, in 1968, orchestrated an elaborate demonstration of the technology that foretold the computers, tablets and smartphones of today, died on July 26 in San Rafael, Calif. He was 91.

At a time when only specialists used computers, entering and retrieving information through punched cards, typewriters and printouts, Mr. Engelbart envisioned a machine that anyone could use simply by manipulating images on a screen.

语言点

orchestrate vt. 精心策划，秘密策划

orchestra n. 交响乐

· Terrorists orchestrated this attack.

恐怖主义者密谋了这次袭击。

elaborate adj. 详尽的，详细的

· the elaborate preparations: 详尽精心的准备

· They're making the elaborate preparations for the wedding.

他们正在为婚礼做精心的准备。

foretell vt. 预言，预知（predict）

retrieve vt. 检索

(to find and get back data or information that has been stored in the memory of a computer)

· to retrieve information from the database: 从数据库检索资料

envision vt. 想象，设想

· They envision an equal society, free of poverty and disease.

他们设想一个没有贫穷和疾病的平等社会。

如果你想获得更深入、更细致的英语学习指导与训练，欢迎在喜马拉雅FM中搜索“教书匠小夏”，获取更多学习内容。

什么是暴虐训练？

暴虐训练是夏鹏老师首创的英语学习法，以意群为单位进行语音示范朗读，通过模拟一对一带练，有效矫正发音、轻松记忆语篇、训练流畅表达。

1.每个意群示范5-7遍

2.由词到句拆解每个发音要点

3.模仿标准音进行持续跟读

4.有效重复从句到段记忆全篇文章