New Words

foreword
n. a short introduction at the beginning of a book 序言，前言

incredible
a. unbelievable; extraordinary 難以置信的；了不起的

sophomore
n. a student in the second year of college or high school（中學(xué)、大學(xué)）二年級學(xué)生

pore
vi. (over) study with close attention 專心閱讀；鉆研

description
n. saying in words what sb. or sth. is like 描寫，描述

kit
n. a set of all the parts needed to assemble sth. 配套元件

*compute
v. calculate ( a result, answer, sum, etc.) esp. with a computer（尤指用計(jì)算機(jī)）計(jì)算

barely
ad. only just; hardly 僅僅；幾乎不

upcoming
a. about to happen 即將來臨的

PC (abbr.)
personal computer 個(gè)人計(jì)算機(jī)

reliable
a. that can be relied on; dependable 可靠的; 確實(shí)的

territory
n. (an area of) land, esp. ruled by one government 領(lǐng)土

*creation
n. the act or process of creating sth. 創(chuàng)造; 創(chuàng)作

evolution
n. 1. the gradual change and development 演變，發(fā)展
2. (the theory of) the development of the various types of plants, animals, etc., from earlier and simpler forms 進(jìn)化（論）

evolve
vt. 演化，發(fā)展，逐步形成；進(jìn)化

application
n. 1. (an instance of) putting to practical use 應(yīng)用，運(yùn)用
2. a computer software program 應(yīng)用軟件程序

on-line
a. 聯(lián)機(jī)的，聯(lián)線的

Internet
n. 因特網(wǎng)，國際互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

connection
n. 連接，連結(jié)；聯(lián)系，關(guān)系

electronic
a. 電子的

multimedia
n.& a. 多媒體（的）

title
n. （多媒體）題標(biāo)；標(biāo)題；題目

author
vt. 寫作；創(chuàng)造
n. 作者

foundation
n. 基礎(chǔ)

infancy
n. 嬰兒期；幼兒期；初期

attract
vt. cause to like, admire, notice, or turn towards; arouse (interest, etc.); prompt 引起…的注意（或興趣等），吸引；引起（興趣等）；激起

possibility
n. 1. (often pi.) power of developing, growing, or being used or useful in the future [常用復(fù)數(shù)] 發(fā)展前途，潛在價(jià)值
2. the state of being possible; likelihood 可能；可能性

so-called
a. called or named thus but perhaps wrongly or doubtfully 所謂的，號稱的

endless
a. without end, or seeming to be without end（似乎）無窮盡的；沒完沒了的

conference
n. a meeting for discussion 會議，討論會

confine
vt. (to) restrict or keep within certain limits 限制，使局限

speculate
vi. 猜測；投機(jī)

amount
n. 量，數(shù)量；總數(shù)，總額

misunderstanding
n. 誤解，曲解

misunderstand
v. 誤解，誤會

delivery
n. 傳送；投遞；運(yùn)載

*simultaneous
a. happening or being done at the same time 同時(shí)發(fā)生的，同時(shí)進(jìn)行的

channel
n. 頻道；水道；海峽

create
vt. cause (sth. new) to exist; produce (sth. new) 創(chuàng)造；創(chuàng)作