人總是比機器聰明,因為機器只不過是人類的工具而已。
2"The primary goal of technological advancement should be to increase people's efficiency so that everyone has more leisure time."
技術進步的最主要的目標就是提高人們的效率,使得每個人都有更多的閑暇時間。
3."Technologies not only influence but actually determine social customs and ethics."
科學技術不但影響而且決定了社會風俗和民族習慣。
4."Technology creates more problems than it solves, and may threaten or damage the quality of life."
科學技術產(chǎn)生了許多不能解決的問題,對人們的生活質量構成威脅。
5"Only through mistakes can there be discovery or progress."
不犯錯誤就不會有發(fā)現(xiàn)和進步。
6.The video camera provides such an accurate and convincing record of contemporary life that it has become a more important form of documentation than written records."
攝像機可以通過如此精確而有力的紀錄手段來再現(xiàn)當代生活,因此它已經(jīng)代替書面紀錄成為一種更重要的紀錄手段。
7."High-speed electronic communications media, such as electronic mail and television, tend to prevent meaningful and thoughtful communication."
8."In the age of television, reading books is not as important as it once was. People can learn as much by watching television as they can by reading books."
在電視機時代,閱讀書籍已經(jīng)沒有原來那樣重要了。人們從電視上學到的東西絲毫不比從書本中學來的少。
9."Because of television and worldwide computer connections, people can now become familiar with a great many places that they have never visited. As a result, tourism will soon become obsolete."
通過電視和全世界聯(lián)網(wǎng)的計算機,人們得以了解很多他們沒有去過的地方。所以,旅游事業(yè)會越來越不景氣。
10."With the growth of global networks in such areas as economics and communication, there is no doubt that every aspect of society—including education, politics, the arts, and the sciences—will benefit greatly from international influences."
隨著全球網(wǎng)絡的增長,如經(jīng)濟和通訊,整個社會的各方各面,包括教育、政治、藝術和科學,都從中獲益非淺。