P30有个翻译题，不大会就去网上找答案，不尽人意。
原句：We view these trends as favorable without the slightest question because we clearly see computer technology as empowering.
网上的典型答案：我们毫不怀疑这种趋向是有利的，因为我们清楚地看到了计算机技术能赋予人开拓能力。
我不同意把empowering翻译成与能力有关的，它的正经意思就是授权的。所以我的翻译是：
我们毫无疑问地认为这种趋势是可喜的，因为我们清楚地看到计算机技术是正当的（授权的）。

It is true that we are all plugged in to a much greater degree than any of us have been in the past.But some of us are more plugged in than others and are getting plugged in far more rapidly.
起初看到plugged in，知道与插入、连接有关，但还不通，后来才知道此处代指“上网”。

Today,the computer has taken up appliance stutus in more than 42 percent of households across the United States.
今天，计算机作为家电已占据全美42%的家庭。

The highest income bracket households, those earning more than ...
bracket:档次，等级；The highest income bracket households：高收入家庭

昨晚看P31的一篇Supplementary Reading, 文章标题是Education? Computer, Natureally
生词：
pursuit: n.追求，
streamlined: a. 现代化的，
revealing:a.启发性的
spurt: n. 喷涌
plateau phases: 高度重视
never ending education: 终身教育 与lifelong learning义近
surpass: v.超越
outpace:v.超过
computer literacy: 电脑使用能力，literacy的本义是识字，一种基本的能力，此处与计算机连用，将使用计算机作为一种基本技能来看待
scores of: 许多，大量；由基本义“二十”引申而来

几个较难的句子：
Teaching in elementary grades will be streamlined not only according to ability and IQ but on the basis of tests revealing how an individual brain works best and in what environment.
基础阶段的教育将迎来现代化，表现在：教育不只讲能力和智商，还将尝试揭示大脑在什么环境下工作最好。

Fifty years from now, a college education will mean as much as a high school degree for the generation who came of age in World War II.
今后50年，大学教育（的普及率）将相当于二战时出生的那代人的中学教育（的普及率）。
为什么我认为这句话是在讲教育的普及率呢？因为下一句是：
In 2033, more than 60 percent of American adults will have attended college, compared with less than 30 percent today.

In this century, a 25 percent drop in the number of 18-to-22-year-olds will doom scores of small private schools.
在本世纪，许多小型私立学校的18－22岁年龄段（大学的适龄学生）的学生数量下降了25个百分点。

Hundreds of corporations will grant degrees, most often in high technology, sicence and enginerring, where state-of-the-art equipment and research will surpass that on most computers.
数以百计的公司将授予学位，尤其在高新技术、科学和工程方面；在这些方面，顶尖水平的设备和研究将超越计算机的作用。
state-of-the-art: a.最新式的，顶尖水平的，最前沿的