From those humble beginnings, we have seen the development of theuser-friendly home computers and multimedia machines which are in common usetoday.

　　Considering how recent these developments are, it is even more remarkable that aslong ago as the 1960s, an Englishman, Leon Bagrit, was able to predict some of theuses of computers which we know today. Bagrit dismissed the idea that computerswould learn to 'think' for themselves and would 'rule the world', which people likedto believe in those days.

　　13.From those humble beginnings, we have seen the development of the user-friendlyhome computers and multimedia machines which are in common use today.

　　从那些简陋的初级阶段，我们看到了现在都已普及的、使用简便的家用电脑和多媒体的微机的发展。

　　语言点:be in common use的意思是“被广泛使用。”

　　14.Considering how recent these developments are, it is even more remarkable thatas long ago as the 1960s, an Englishman, Leon Bagrit, was able to predict some of theuses of computers which we know today.

　　想一想这些发展的时间多么短，就更觉得英国人莱昂.巴格瑞特有着非凡的能力。他在60年代就能预言我们今天知道的计算机的一些用途。

　　15.Bagrit dismissed the idea that computers would learn to 'think' for themselves andwould 'rule the world', which people liked to believe in those days.

　　巴格瑞特根本不接受计算机可以学会自己去“思考”和计算可以“统治世界”这种想法，而这种想法是当时的人们都愿意相信的。

　　语言点1:句子结构分析:that引导同位语从句。

　　语言点2:in those days的意思是“当时，在那时。”