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科技
Technology
Readers probably haven't heard much about it yet, but they will. Quantum technology turns ordinary reality upside down.
读者可能还没有听说过它，但是他们会听说的。量子技术颠覆了普通的现实。
I've got a lot to learn, I've spent a lot of time in Microsoft but there will be parts of Microsoft that are new to me.
我有很多东西要学，我在微软待了很长时间，但微软的某些部分对我来说是全新的。
A unified theory would put us at the doorstep of a vast universe of things that we could finally explore with precision.
一个统一的理论将把我们带到一个巨大的宇宙的门口，我们最终可以精确地探索这个宇宙。
To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.
对我来说，世界上再也没有比与科学进步有关的荣誉和荣誉更崇高的源泉了。
I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary.
我认为如果操作系统是免费和开放的，那么它们的工作效率最高。特定的应用程序更可能是专有的。
As to Bell's talking telegraph, it only creates interest in scientific circles... its commercial values will be limited.
至于贝尔的会说话的电报，它只会引起科学界的兴趣。它的商业价值将受到限制。
The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited.
计算机千变万化的本质使得它可以像一台机器或一种语言一样被塑造和利用。
As the United States attorney in Manhattan, I have come to worry about few things as much as the gathering cyber threat.
作为曼哈顿的联邦检察官，我开始担心越来越多的网络威胁。
Digital reading will completely take over. It's lightweight and it's fantastic for sharing. Over time it will take over.
数字阅读将完全占据主导地位。它是轻量级的，非常适合共享。随着时间的推移，它会接管一切。
If you are in a spaceship that is traveling at the speed of light, and you turn on the headlights, does anything happen?
如果你在一艘以光速飞行的宇宙飞船里，你打开车头灯，会发生什么事吗?
Ever since our love for machines replaced the love we used to have for our fellow men, catastrophes proceed to increase.
自从我们对机器的爱取代了过去对人类的爱，灾难就不断增加。
While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man's humanity to man.
当世界其他地方在改进技术时，加纳却在提高人对人的人性的质量。
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Every contrivance of man, every tool, every instrument, every utensil, every article designed for use, of each and every kind, evolved from a very simple beginnings.
人类的每一项发明、每一件工具、每一件仪器、每一件器物、每一种为使用而设计的物品，都是从非常简单的开始发展起来的。
The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential.
信息技术的最大好处是它使人们能够做他们想做的事情。它让人们变得有创造力。它让人们更有效率。它让人们学习他们以前认为自己学不到的东西，所以从某种意义上说，这一切都是关于潜力的。
The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the boldest imagination could not have dreamt.
发明的进步赋予了人类一个世纪前最大胆的想象所无法想象的力量。
The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.
我们拥有的，而机器没有的，是展示智慧的能力。
All of the biggest technological inventions created by man - the airplane, the automobile, the computer - says little about his intelligence, but speaks volumes about his laziness.
人类创造的所有最伟大的技术发明——飞机、汽车、电脑——很少提到他的智力，但却充分说明了他的懒惰。
Wouldn't it be great if the technology we used to take care of ourselves was as good as the technology we use to make money?
如果我们用来照顾自己的技术和我们用来赚钱的技术一样好，那不是很棒吗?