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科技
Technology
Today, the technology is there to give early and normally ample warning when a powerful tornado approaches. When a tornado strikes, all of us are at risk.
今天，当强大的龙卷风来袭时，该技术可以提供早期和通常充足的预警。当龙卷风来袭时，我们所有人都处于危险之中。
It always helps to be a good programmer. It is important to like computers and to be able to think of things people would want to do with their computers.
成为一名优秀的程序员总是有帮助的。喜欢电脑，能够想到人们想用电脑做的事情是很重要的。
Those who are seeking ways to tap into the potential of e-mail will find themselves in a position to capitalize on the pending explosion in Internet usage.
那些正在寻找挖掘电子邮件潜力的人将发现自己处于一个有利的位置，可以利用即将到来的互联网使用量激增。
The Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community by participating in the community you can become an advertisement for yourself.
互联网提供了广告和社区的有趣结合，通过参与社区，你可以成为自己的广告。
I don't think there is enough educational programming, but unfortunately, television is built around advertising and those shows don't get the big ratings.
我不认为有足够的教育节目，但不幸的是，电视是建立在广告和那些节目没有得到大收视率。
Likewise nanotechnology will, once it gets under way, depend on the tools we have then and our ability to use them, and not on the steps that got us there.
同样，纳米技术一旦开始应用，将依赖于我们当时拥有的工具和使用它们的能力，而不是我们实现这一目标的步骤。
Indeed, as the above calculation indicates, to take full advantage of the memory space available, the ultimate laptop must turn all its matter into energy.
的确，正如上面的计算所示，为了充分利用可用的内存空间，最终的笔记本电脑必须将所有的物质转化为能量。
I believe that the only way that the human race is gonna survive is to start colonizing space and setting up colonies on the moon, and then space stations.
我相信人类生存的唯一方法就是开始殖民太空，在月球上建立殖民地，然后建立空间站。
I didn't have a lot of independent film connections. It really took until the digital film revolution came along that I realized that I could do it myself.
我没有多少独立电影的人脉。直到数字电影革命到来，我才意识到我可以自己做这件事。
The development of the telescope, together with increased knowledge of things, brought men to see that the earth is not what man had once thought it to be.
望远镜的发展，加上对事物知识的增加，使人们认识到地球并不是人们曾经认为的那样。
In designing hardware to be used every day, it was important to keep both the human aspects and the machine in mind. What looks good also often feels good.
在设计每天使用的硬件时，重要的是要同时考虑到人的方面和机器。看起来不错的东西往往感觉也不错。
I do not think that there is a reputable scientist on this planet who would advocate using this technology to generate a human child as was just announced.
我不认为这个星球上有一个著名的科学家会像刚刚宣布的那样提倡使用这项技术来生一个人类孩子。
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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。
People live longer today than they ever have. They live happier lives, have more knowledge, more information. All this is the result of communications technology. How is any of that bad?
人们今天比以往活得更长。他们过着更快乐的生活，拥有更多的知识和信息。所有这些都是通信技术的结果。有什么不好的?
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?
You might not think that programmers are artists, but programming is an extremely creative profession. It's logic-based creativity.
你可能不认为程序员是艺术家，但编程是一种极具创造性的职业。它是基于逻辑的创造力。
Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to a man or a woman and a microphone, playing music, sharing stories, talking about issues - communicating with an audience.
尽管技术上有了很大的进步，但归根结底还是一个男人或一个女人和麦克风，播放音乐，分享故事，谈论问题——与观众交流。