The emergence of low-cost personal computers gave rise to a powerful network that has transformed opportunities for learning and communicating.
低成本的个人电脑的出现，使得一个强大的互联网诞生，它为学习和交流提供了很大的机会。
The magical thing about this network is not just that it collapses distance and makes everyone your neighbor. It also dramatically increases the number of brilliant minds we can have working together on the same problem-and that scales up the rate of potential of innovation to a staggering degree.
网络的神奇之处，不仅仅是它缩短了距离，使得天涯若比邻。它还极大地增加了怀有相同的很好的想法的人们聚集在一起的机会，我们可以为了解决同一个问题，一起共同工作。这就大大加快了革新的潜在的进程，发展速度简直快得让人震惊。
At the same time, for every person who has access to this technology, five people don't. That means many creative minds are left out of this discussion-smart people with practical intelligence and relevant experience who don't have the technology to hone their talents or contribute their ideas to the world.
与此同时，世界上有条件上网的人，只是全部人口的六分之一。这意味着，还有许多具有创造性的人们，没有加入到我们的讨论中来——那些有着实践智慧和相关经验的聪明人，却没有技术来将他们的天赋或者想法与全世界分享。
We need as many people as possible to gain access to this technology, because these advances are riggering a revolution in what human beings can do for one another. They are making it possible not just for national governments, but for universities, corporations, smaller organizations, and even individuals to see problems, see approaches, and measure the impact of their efforts to address the hunger, poverty, and desperation George Marshall spoke of 60 years ago.
我们需要尽可能地让更多的人有机会使用新技术，因为这些新技术正在引发一场革命，人类将因此可以互相帮助。新技术正在创造一种可能，不仅政府，还包括大学、公司、小机构、甚至个人，能够发现问题所在、能够找到解决办法、能够评估他们努力的效果，去改变那些马歇尔六十年前就说到过的问题——饥饿、贫穷和绝望。
重点讲解：
1. give rise to
引起；使发生；
eg. Many of these obligations can give rise to problems and complications.
许多这样的义务会引起各种问题和纠纷。
eg. Unhygienic conditions give rise to disease.
卫生条件不好会导致疾病。
2. scale up
增大；增加；提高；
eg. Since then, Wellcome has been scaling up production to prepare for clinical trials.
从那以后，威康公司一直在增加产量，为临床试验作准备。
eg. Retail prices were scaled up by5 percent.
零售价格提高百分之五。
3. leave sb. out of sth.
排除；不包括；
eg. Some would question the wisdom of leaving her out of the team.
有人会质疑把她排除在队伍之外是否明智。
eg. Leave me out of this quarrel, please. I don't want to get involved.
请别把我拉入这场争吵中，我可不想牵连进去。
4. contribute to
为…做贡献；
eg. Nevertheless, among the richer nations, increases in average income contribute little to well - being .
然而，在富有国家，平均收入的增加并不能明显地增强幸福感。
eg. Amity between the two nations will contribute to the prosperity of the region.
这两个国家之间的和睦友好有助于这一地区的繁荣。
5. one another
互相；
eg. We all try and help one another.
我们都尽力互相帮助。
eg. In our first-aid class we practised on one another.
我们在急救课上互相充作实习的对象。 |