英譯中
Twenty years ago, Motorola looked upon the Japanese with something close to fear. The Chicago company's television-manufacturing division had been large and profitable in the 1960s. By the early 1970s, however, high costs and a rising tide of inexpensive Japanese TVs were taking a heavy toll. "The Japanese were very aggressive", recalls Motorola spokesman Mario Salvadori. "They wanted to get market share." With cutthroat pricing, they did-eventually running nearly every U.S. electronic company out of the TV business. Motorola sold its Quasar TV unit to a Japanese company in 1974. But while other U.S. companies were floored for foreign competition, Motorola refocused its energies, It turned to wireless communications-an industry it had pioneered (with mobile radios and walkie-talkie) in the 1920s. It was a prescient move.
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20年前，摩托羅拉公司帶著近乎害怕的心理看待日本企業(yè)。早在(20世紀(jì))60年代，這個公司芝加哥的電視制造分公司規(guī)模大、利潤高。但在70年代初，高成本以及日本廉價電視機日趨上升的勢頭使其遭受重創(chuàng)。"日本人非常囂張，"摩托羅拉公司發(fā)言人馬里奧·薩爾瓦多瑞追憶道,"他們想分享市場。"通過殘酷無情的價格戰(zhàn)，他們?nèi)缭敢詢�，并最終把幾乎所有美國電子公司趕出電視機行業(yè)。1974年，摩托羅拉將其Quasar 電視生產(chǎn)廠賣給了一家日本公司。但是，當(dāng)其他美國公司在對外競爭中敗北的時候，摩托羅拉公司重新調(diào)整了產(chǎn)業(yè)方向，轉(zhuǎn)向無線通訊。這是一個它在20年代開拓的產(chǎn)業(yè)(另外還有移動收音機和步話機)。此舉確有先見之明。
中譯英
據(jù)調(diào)查，我國有40%的青少年除了課本外不看其他書籍。對此，我感到極為震驚。雖然有關(guān)人士聲稱調(diào)查具有科學(xué)性，我仍不敢相信。不過盡管懷疑，事實卻是，越來越多的年輕人在業(yè)余時間已不再讀書，而是看電視、跳舞、打電子游戲機，或者"侃大山"。高爾基說過："書籍是人類進步的階梯。"眾所周知，書籍是人類智慧的結(jié)晶。盡管現(xiàn)代傳媒(如電視、計算機)在信息的傳播速度上有許多優(yōu)勢，但到目前為止，還沒有哪一種在傳播知識的深度方面能取代書籍。
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According to a survey, about 40% of our country's youth do not read any books other than their textbooks. I am shocked at the result. I remain suspicious of the survey, though the people concerned claim it to be scientific. Despite my suspicion, the fact is that more and more young people, instead of reading, spend their spare time watching TV, going to dance parties, playing video games or chitchatting. Gorgy once said:"Books are steps toward human progress."As we all know, books is a crystallization of human wisdom. Although modern media such as TV and computers enjoy advantages in the speed of information dissemination, so far none of them can replace books in respect of the depth of knowledge being spread.
