新概念第四冊課文翻譯及學(xué)習(xí)筆記：Lesson10

新概念第四冊課文翻譯及學(xué)習(xí)筆記:

LessonlO

【課文】

Firstlistenandthenanswerthefollowingquestion.

聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。

Whatdoesthecomputerindustrythriveonapartfrom

anarchy?

TechnologytrendsmaypushSiliconValleybacktothe

future.CarverMead,apioneerinintegratedcircuitsanda

professorofcomputerscienceattheCaliforniaInstituteof

Technology,notestherearenowwork-stationsthatenable

engineerstodesign,testandproducechipsrightontheirdesks,

muchthewayaneditorcreatesanewsletteronaMacintosh.As

thetimeandcostofmakingachipdroptoafewdaysandafew

hundreddollars,engineersmaysoonbefreetolettheir

imaginationssoarwithoutbeingpenalizedbyexpensivefailures.

Meadpredictsthatinventorswillbeabletoperfectpowerful

customizedchipsoveraweekendattheoffice—spawninga

newgenerationofgaragestart-upsandgivingtheU.S.ajump

onitsforeignrivalsingettingnewproductstomarketfast.

'We'vegotmoregarageswithsmartpeople,1Meadobserves.

'Wereallythriveonanarchy.,

AndonAsians.Already,orientalsandAsianAmericans

constitutethemajorityoftheengineeringstaffsatmanyValley

firms.AndChinese,Korean,FilipinoandIndianengineersare

graduatingindrovesfromCalifornia'scolleges.Astheheadsof

next-generationstart-ups,theseAsianinnovatorscandrawon

customsandlanguagestoforgetighterlinkswithcrucialPacific

Rimmarkets.Forinstance,AlexAu,aStanfordPh.D.fromHong

Kong,hassetupaTaiwanfactorytochallengeJapan'snearlock

onthememory-chipmarket.India-bornN.DamodarReddy'stiny

CaliforniacompanyreopenedanAT&TchipplantinKansasCity

lastspringwithfinancingfromthestateofMissouri.Beforeit

becomesaretirementvillage,SiliconValleymayprovea

classroomforbuildingaglobalbusiness.

USNEWSANDWORLDREPORT,October2,1989

[Newwordsandexpressions生詞和短語】

siliconn.硅

integratedadj.綜合的

circuitn.線路,電路

Californian.加利福尼亞（美國州名）

workstationn.工作站

chipn.芯片，集成電路片，集成塊

newslettern.時(shí)事通訊

Macintoshn.蘋果機(jī)，一種個(gè)人電腦

penalizev.處罰，懲罰

customizev.按顧客具體需要制造

spawnv.引起，釀成

thrivev.興旺，繁榮

anarchyn.無政府狀態(tài)，混亂

orientaln.東方人

constitutev.構(gòu)成

droven.群

innovatorn.發(fā)明者

forgev.發(fā)展

memory-chipn.內(nèi)