About Technology 關(guān)于科技

Track 2

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes1)a touch of2)genius—and a lot of courage—to move in the opposite direction.

—Albert Einstein

Persons3)grouped arounda fire or candle for warmth or light are less able to pursue independent thoughts, or even tasks, than people supplied with electric light. In the same way, the social and educational patterns4)latentin5)automationare those of self-employment and artistic6)autonomy.

—Marshall McLuhan

What I am doing is more important than a movie or audio of me doing it. Technology should never be used for technology’s sake, but the7)applicationof technology to8)enhancelearning, I am all for.

—Robert Pompi

There is huge potential for this kind of technology in Africa. It’s new, but it’s extremely appropriate because there are no copper-wire phone lines in much of Africa, and half the people there have never touched a phone—and never will. People are already contacting us about getting into the systems that are going up, but the question is the rate to do it so it remains9)sustainable.

—Mark Bennett

1) a touch of 少許，有一點(diǎn)

2) genius [?d?i?nj?s] n. 天賦

3) group around 圍在……的周圍

4) latent [?le?t?nt] adj. 隱藏的，潛在的

5) automation [??t??me???n] n. 自動(dòng)化

6) autonomy [???t?n?m?] n. 自主，獨(dú)立

7) application [?pl??ke???n] n. 應(yīng)用

8) enhance [?n?h?ns] v. 提高

9) sustainable [s??ste?n?bl] adj. 可持續(xù)的