文章翻譯

科技語篇1：

NASDAQ,the(American)NationalAssociationofSecuritiesDealersAutomatedQuotations,

tsinception,NASDAQhas

ffereditsoriginalissue

stockonNASDAQonOctober13,nlyraidUS$8.20millionforIntel,butenabled

theinvestorsandtheemployeesofInteltojointlyownthestocksandstockoptionsofthe

company,makingIntelthepioneerinSiliconValleyinstimulatingtheenthusiasmofthe

hatday,thefuturecourofthecomputerandcomputer-related

industriesintheUnitedStateshasbeenclolyboundwiththestockmarket.

OneofNASDAQ’scontributionstothehistoryofcuritiexchangeintheUSisthatit

allowsrapidlygr

notonlyfacilitateshigh-techcompaniestoraineededfundsandspeedsupthedevelopmentof

thecomputerindustryandotherrelatedindustries,buthaslaidthefoundationforthedevelopment

ofNASDAQitlf.

ThestockstradedinitiallyontheNASDAQmarketwereregardedasunlistedcurities

freelyboughtandsoldbyinvestors,sopeopledidnotattachmuchimportancetoNASDAQ.

However,sinceitiscapableofraisingfundsforbusinessfasterthanothercuritiesmarkets,

NASDAQhasattractedalargenumberofsuccessfulcompaniesinaveryshortperiodoftime,

ent,some5,000companiesarelistedonNASDAQ,and

themarketcapitalhasreachedatotalofnearly4,000billionUSdollars.

TheWallStreetJournalhaspointedoutthattheNASDAQcuritiesmarkethasboostedthe

prosperityofhightechnologyintheUS,whichhasinturnpromotedtherisingoftheNASDAQ’s

NASDAQ,high-techbusinessinSiliconValleycouldnothaveraidfundsso

easily,andtheprosperityofhightechnologyintheUSwouldhavebeendelayedorwouldnot

esaidthatthedevelopmentofNASDAQand

thegrowthofthehigh-techindustryinAmericacomplementeachother.

科技語篇2

SoundsWeCannotHear

Amanisdrivingdownalong,lyhestartstodriftacrossto

mingtruckflashesitsheadlightsandhootsfuriously,buttono

sasickeningcrash;thetruckendsuphalfofftheroad,

Arizonahighwaypolice,whoarriveonthesceneshortlyafterwards,immediatelyaskallthe

??No,thepost-mortemshowednoevidenceofdrugs.

Medicine?No,hiswifewassurehehadnotbeentakinganymedicinewhichmighthaveaffected

?No,hehadsleptvenandahalfhoursthenightbefore,andanywayhewasan

ther?No,?Asfarasthe

policecouldtell,asonething,though:it

wasanewcar,hadcaudtheaccident?

Infra-soundissoundthatthehumanearcannothear,asitcannotpickupvibrationsbelow

aboutthirtycyclesacond(oraboveabout22000).Amotorvehiclerunningsteadilyatspeed

producesaudiblesound,butitalsoproducesinfra-sound,atbetweentenandtwentycyclesper

tishAcousticalSocietyhas

recentlystatedthat,dependingonthecar,theroadsurfaceandthepersonconcerned,this

infra-soundcanproduce“euphoria,recklessness,lowerefficiencyanddizziness”.Youcanbecome

literally“drunkwithsound”.WasthatwhathappenedtothemanontheArizonahighway?

Perhapsinhisca,weshallneverknow.