国际经贸高级英语精读第1单元课文翻译及资料.ppt

4. 1994年，在经过长期研究之后，著名经济学家克鲁格曼发表了一份对多国技术进步情况调查的报告。他指出，亚洲的经济不是建立在技术进步的基础上，所以含有很多泡沫。3年后爆发的东南亚经济危机证实了他的猜想。(variations in technical progress) In 1994, after a long period of research, the famous economist Krugman presented a study report analyzing variations in technical progress across a large number of countries. He said in the report that the economic development of Asia was not based on the progress of technology, so the economy contained much foam. Three years later, the sudden break-out of Southeast Asian economic crisis verified his aasumption. 5. 由于科学技术在一定程度上是无形的，所以，到目前为止，人们还未想出确定其价值大小的理想方法。(put a value on) People haven’t hitherto come up with an ideal method to put a value on science and technology, for it is intangible to some degree. III. Put the following passage into English: 在信息时代，竞争力的关键是知识，而不是实物资产或资源。不仅对知识密集型部门，比如电脑软件或生物技术部门来说是如此，而且对工业时代的制造业公司或公共事业公司来说也是这样。 In the information age, knowledge, rather than physical assets or resources, is the key to competitiveness. This is as true for the knowledge-intensive industries, such as software or biotechnology, as it is for industrial age manufacturing companies or utilities. 对知识密集型的部门来说，来源于研究与开发的、应用在革新产品和工艺上的知识是至关重要的因素。但是，对工业时代的制造业公司或公用事业公司来说，利用有关客户的知识来改善服务才是重要的。 For the knowledge-intensive sectors, knowledge which feeds through from research and development to innovative products and processes is the critical element. But with industrial age manufacturing companies or utilities, using knowledge about customers to improve service is what counts. 今天，关于对知识态度的新情况是，人们认识到，需要像对待其他任何资产一样，驾驭、管理和使用它。这个问题不仅涉及到什么是适当的过程和系统，而且涉及如何把知识计入资产负债表。 What is new about attitudes to knowledge today is the recognition of the need to harness, manage and use it like any other asset. This raises issues not only of appropriate processes and systems, but also of how to account for knowledge in the balance sheet.