短语讲解:
1.Hewlett-Packard has unveiled a new computer which itsays is capable of handling tasks at thousands of times the speed of existingdevices.
be capable of 能够
例句:A running track should be capable of absorbing the impact of a runner's foot landing on it.
跑道应该能够吸收奔跑者踩踏地面时产生的撞击力。
2.The new system uses light waves to transmit data instead of the standardelectrical impulses travelling over silicon.
instead of (用…) 代替…, (是…)而不是…, (用…)而不用…;
例句:I should take my rest now instead of later.
我现在就得休息,而不是一会。