1、For outputting information, two common devices used are a printer which prints the information on paper, or a CRT display screen which shows the results on a TV-like screen.常用的两种信息输出装置是打印机和CTR(阴极射线管)显示器。打印机将信息打印在纸上，CTR显示器将结果显示在类似于电视机显示屏幕的显示器上。,Third, computers have circuits which can make decision.
2、The kinds of decisions which computer circuits can make are not of the type: “Who would win a war between two countries?” or “Who is the richest person in the world?” 第三，计算机具有进行判断的电路。但是这些电路不能对像“两国交战谁能取得胜利？”或“谁是世界上最富有的人？”之类的问题做出判断。 make decision 做决定,Unfortunately, the computer can only decide three t
3、hings, namely: Is one number less than another? Are two numbers equal? And, is one number greater than another? 遗憾的是计算机只能判断三种情况，即：一个数是否小于另一个数？两个数是否相等？一个数是否大于另一个数？ unfortunately adv.不幸地 namely: adv.即, 也就是,A computer can solve a series of problems and make hundreds, even thousands, of logical decision
4、 without becoming tired or bored. It can find the solution to a problem in a fraction of the time it takes a human being to do the job. 计算机能够解决一系列的问题，做出成百上千个逻辑判断而不感到疲劳和厌烦。计算机找到问题的答案，只花费人类所用时间的很少一部分。 a series of 一系列的 solution n.解答, 解决办法, 溶解, 溶液；解决方案 fraction n.小部分, 片断, 分数,A computer can replace peopl
5、e in dull, routine tasks, but it has no originality; it works according to the instructions given to it and cannot exercise any value judgments. there are times when a computer seems to operate like a mechanical “brain”, but its achievements are limited by the minds of human beings. 计算机能够代替人去做那些单调的日
6、常工作，但它没有创造力；计算机是根据它收到的的指令而工作，不能进行（意义选择）有意义的判断，尽管计算机有时会像“机械”脑一样工作。但它的成就受到人的思维限制。 according to v.依照,judgment n.判断 mechanical adj.机械的, 机械制的, 机械似的, 呆板的 there are times when 有时常会 achievement n.成就, 功绩,Man can do everything a computer can do, but in many cases that person would be dead long before the job was finished. 人可以做计算机做的每一件事，但在很多情况下，工作尚未完成之前，人已经去世了。 case n.事, 病例, 案例, 情形, 场合, 讼案,Exercises:做课后习题1、2，并翻译成中文。,
