装备指挥技术学院2009年博士研究生招生考博英语真题

　　Part V Translation (15 points, 3 points each)

　　Directions: Translate the five underlined sentences in the following passage into Chinese. Write down your translation on the Answer Sheet.

　　The ascendancy of the Net economy

　　As we cross the threshold into the next century, human society is beginning its move from the industrial economy into the knowledge-based economy. The general trend is that the 21st century will be a new era of the knowledge-based economy. The most notable characteristics of this new era of the knowledge-based economy is information-driven economic growth and globalization (71).

　　In more specific terms, the application of information to the economy is best exemplified in the networking of communication, or the so-called Net economy. This Net refers to the computer network of satellites, optic fibers, cables and telephone lines that connect the whole world. With the click of a mouse, information from the other end of the globe will be transported to your computer screen at the dizzying speed of seven-and-a-half times around the earth per second (72).

　　Singapore has an early start in networking. If we deposit a sum of money at a particular POSB (邮政储蓄所) branch, we can withdraw our money from any other POSB branches in Singapore (73). This was an early step in networking. The networks of the future would have greater significance and implications.

　　Generally, there are two aspects of the Net. One is the networking between businesses and their customers. The other is the networking between individual businesses, or the regional and even global networking between industrial production and scientific research. The examples of the POSB and Internet shopping belong to the first aspect.

　　From a long-term perspective, Internet shopping is but a low-level aspect of the Net, and it is not likely to become the most important trend. After all, most merchandise are unsuitable for Internet shopping. Besides, if everyone shops on the Net, what will happen to our Orchard Road? Or New York's Broadway? A friend said if he were to force his daughter to shop on the Net instead of letting her shop at Orchard Road, the daughter would rather kill herself.

　　Therefore, the second aspect of the Net will be more important. Its significance goes beyond that of connecting businesses. There have been reports of simultaneous consultation of doctors from all over the world, surgery on the Net and cooperation in research and development made possible by the Internet (74). These are early examples of high-level networking.

　　The president of Intel, producer of the Pentium micro-processors, feels that the new synergy between computers and Net technology will have multiple implications for industry of the future. The sheer power of electronic commerce (e-commerce) will change the face of trade dramatically. Sporting goods company Puma was on the verge of bankruptcy back in 1992. From 1993, Puma began to diffuse its production, logistics and marketing divisions to 80 Net enterprises worldwide, and the results were spectacular. Puma was transformed from a sickly feline into a magnificent beast. The reason for this transformation is that intra- and inter-business electronic links greatly increase the efficiency of production, planning, the collecting of information and data exchange (75). As the business is rapidly being rationalized, production figures go up while costs come down.

　　Part VI Writing (20 points)

　　Directions: Write a composition of about 250 words on the topic “Mistakes and Progress ”. Write down your composition on the Answer Sheet.

　　Mistakes and Progress (76)

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