So it should come as little 16 that the Internet has headlined the top 25 innovations of the past quarter century.
答案:(B) surprise
come as little surprise 意為「並不令人意外」,是 come as a surprise(令人意外)的否定變體;agreement(同意)、belief(信念)、concern(關切)都無法與 come as 構成這個說法。
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surprise 你只當它是「驚喜、驚訝」,沒把 come as a surprise 當成一個固定說法記住:The news came as a surprise to everyone.(這消息讓大家都很意外)。把 a 換成 little 或 no,就變成否定:It came as little/no surprise that…(…並不令人意外)。
前一句 Today, with a couple of clicks, you can go anywhere in the world without leaving your computer.(如今只要點幾下,不必離開電腦就能去世界任何角落)先鋪陳網路有多厲害;本句接著說網路名列近二十五年來最重要的創新之首——既然前面已經講得這麼理所當然,這個結果當然「不令人意外」。「看到前一句在鋪陳理由、本句給結論,先想這是「意料之中」還是「出乎意料」。」
come as a surprise(令人意外)、come as little/no surprise(並不令人意外)、to one's surprise(令某人驚訝的是)、take sb by surprise(使某人措手不及)。
Today, with a couple of clicks, you can go anywhere in the world without leaving your computer. So it should come as little 16 that the Internet has headlined the top 25 innovations of the past quarter century, according to a panel of technology leaders assembled to promote inventiveness.
In creating the list, the group 17 twenty-five non-medically related technological innovations that have become widely used since 1980. These innovations are readily recognizable by most Americans, have had a direct impact on our everyday lives, and may also dramatically affect our lives 18.
The top innovation, the Web, was created by British software consultant Tim Berners-Lee. 19 by the multitude of information systems requiring complicated access, Berners-Lee fashioned a universal one that made information readily 20. He created HTML (hypertext markup language) and its rule of usage (HTTP, hypertext transfer protocol). In 1991 he unveiled the World Wide Web. Today, this No. 1 invention has become so commonplace that it is almost taken for granted.