A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
科技
Technology
As a result of the digital age and the decline of first-class mail, there is no question that the Postal Service must change and develop a new business model.
由于数字时代和一流邮件的减少，毫无疑问，邮政服务必须改变和发展一种新的商业模式。
I tell my environmental friends that they have won. Every issue we look at from an energy perspective is now also looked at from an environmental perspective.
我告诉我的环保朋友，他们赢了。我们从能源角度看的每一个问题现在也从环境角度看。
Cord blood stem cell units have been shown to be a suitable alternative to adult bone marrow for the treatment of many diseases, including sickle cell anemia.
脐带血干细胞单位已被证明是一个合适的替代成人骨髓治疗许多疾病，包括镰状细胞贫血。
Our task was doing maintenance and repairs to keep the station in a good state for the return of the shuttle flights and resumption of major ISS construction.
我们的任务是进行维护和维修，使空间站保持良好状态，为航天飞机的返航和恢复国际空间站的主要建设做准备。
I had been impressed by the fact that biological systems were based on molecular machines and that we were learning to design and build these sorts of things.
令我印象深刻的是，生物系统是基于分子机器的，我们正在学习设计和建造这类东西。
If the machines can take the drudgery out of it and just leave us with the joy of drawing, then that's the best of both worlds - and I'll use those computers!
如果这些机器能让我们摆脱绘画的苦差事，让我们享受绘画的乐趣，那真是两全其美——我要用这些电脑!
The recent fascination, I think, reflects the shift in approach by law enforcement officials to embrace technology as wholeheartedly as the rest of the world.
我认为，最近的这种痴迷反映出执法官员的态度发生了转变，他们像世界其他地方的人一样全心全意地拥抱科技。
You will be able to program a robot to follow a track on the ground and manipulate a hand. You can also write little programs that will give the robots goals.
你将能够为机器人编写程序，让它沿着地面上的轨迹移动，并操纵一只手。你也可以编写一些小程序来给机器人设定目标。
We've broken the code base into logical chunks, called modules, and the foundation staff delegate authority for the modules to people with the most expertise.
我们将代码基分解为逻辑块(称为模块)，基金会工作人员将模块的权限委托给最专业的人员。
Instead, in the absence of respect for human rights, science and its offspring technology have been used in this century as brutal instruments for oppression.
相反，由于缺乏对人权的尊重，科学及其后代的技术在本世纪被用来作为残酷的压迫工具。
However far modern science and technics have fallen short of their inherent possibilities, they have taught mankind at least one lesson: Nothing is impossible.
无论现代科学技术离其固有的可能性有多远，它们至少给人类上了一课:没有什么是不可能的。
But any big change is more likely to result if there is a disruptive event such as new technologies or platforms that have a surprising effect on market share.
但如果出现颠覆性事件，如新技术或平台对市场份额产生惊人影响，任何重大变革都更有可能发生。
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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。
The kind of environment that we developed Google in, the reason that we were able to develop a search engine, is the web was so open. Once you get too many rules, that will stifle innovation.
我们开发谷歌的环境，我们能够开发搜索引擎的原因，是网络是如此的开放。一旦你制定了太多的规则，就会扼杀创新。
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?
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。