研究生英语阅读教程翻译及课后练习答案U9讲述.ppt

Para. 26 26 Don Chamberlin, a professor of computer science at the University of California at Santa Cruz, was a member of the “Sputnik generation,” when American schoolchildren were encouraged to pursue careers in science, after the launch of a tiny satellite in 1957 appeared to give the Soviets a lead in missile technology used in nuclear strikes. As a teenager, he endangered his family garage in California with his rocket kits and later went into the fledgling field of computer science. He was a leading scientist in a team of IBM researchers that created the SQL database, an unseen technology that nonetheless animates every credit card purchase and A.T.M. banking transaction. animate v. 1. to make someone or something more lively, active, or interested:使有生气/活泼, 赋予生命, Sports were the only thing that really animated him.an attempt to animate the discussion 2. ~ sb (to/with sth) inspire or motivate sb 激励或鼓舞某人: animate sb to greater efforts, with a desire to succeed 激励某人更加努力﹑ 争取胜利 Animated by fresh hope, he started again. 他在新希望的激励之下, 又从头做起. 26. 位于圣克鲁斯的加利福尼亚大学计算机科学教授唐·钱伯林是“苏联人造地球卫星一代”的一分子。当时美国鼓励小学生将来从事科研工作，源于此前苏联于1957 年发射了一颗小型卫星，这似乎使苏联在可用于核打击的导弹技术领域占据了领先地位。当年十几岁的他曾用自制的火箭装置让自家位于加州的家中车库险些遭殃，后来他进入刚刚起步的计算机科学领域。他曾是IBM 公司一个研究小组的首席科学家，该小组创立了结构化查询语言（SQL）数据库，这种技术虽然看不见摸不着，却促成了信用卡购物和自动提款机交易的实现。 Para. 27 27 In the early 1960s when he was choosing a career, Professor Chamberlin recalled, technical people were respected and well paid. Money, he said, was part of the equation. “But the bigger part of the motivation for me,” he said, “was that I would be doing exciting and important work and that my contributions would be appreciated.” the equation all the different aspects that you have to consider in a situation:影响因素，考虑因素，综合体 In a choice between the use of rail and car, the question of cost will come into/enter the equation. 　 The tourist industry forms a crucial part of the regions economic equation .　 27. 钱伯林教授回忆说，他在20 世纪60 年代初选择职业时，技术人员受人尊敬而且收入丰厚。他说，金钱