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例 2： Computers and People In future, cash will be used less and less. We may one day, live in a cashless society where all financial transactions are processed by computers without the use of cash. Transference of money will be through electronic fund transfer. The way we live will also be affected. We shall work shorter hours and have more time for leisure. There will even be no need to travel to work. 【译文】 电脑与人 将来有一天，现金将会用得越来越少。我们很可能会生活在一个“无现金的社会”里，一切金钱交易都由电脑来操作。金钱往来可以通过电子转账。 我们的生活方式也会受到影响：工作时间将会缩短，休闲之时增多；要想办事，甚至可以不必远行。 Unemployment may also result. Many workers will be replaced by machines. People will need to be computer-literate and retraining is required for the people involved. There will be more computer crimes like theft of computer time, theft of confidential information stored in computers, unauthorized manipulation of computer information, etc. Large sums of money are involved. The criminals are rarely convicted because it is difficult to catch/charge them. 【续】也可能引起失业。机器将会取代很多工人。人们需要熟悉电脑，从事有关行业的人需要培训。 利用电脑作案犯罪将会增加：盗窃贮存在电脑中的机密；盗用电脑信息等等。作案金额款项巨大，而作案者则很难定罪，因为不易将他们捉拿归案。 There is also the danger of more people knowing things we would like to keep private. The more information is stored in computer, the greater the possibility of it being misused or accessed by the wrong people. 【续】人们希望秘而不宣的隐私也将遇到被较多的人 探测出来的危险。在电脑储存的信息越多，被无关的人盗用或攫取的可能性就越大。 例 3： Properties of Metals Metals are of great use to mankind because of their useful engineering properties. Strength is one of the important properties of metals. It enables them to resist external loads without incurring structural damage. Metals, possessing toughness, a property of absorbing considerable energy before fracture, bend rather than break. 【译文】 金属的性质 金属对于人类来说非常有用，这是因为金属具有若干有用的工程性质。 强度是金属的重要性质之一。它可以使金属承受外部荷载而不致造成结构破坏。由于具有韧性，金属在断裂之前能吸收相当大能量，能曲而不断。 Another property of metals is elasticity. Because of t