Technology trends may push Silicon Valley back to the future.

技术的发展趋势有可能把硅谷重新推向未来。

Primarily, the banker-customer relationship is that of debtor and creditor----

银行与储户的关系主要是债务人和债权人的关系。

And why only snakes? Cats, for instance, would be greatly helped; no running fights with large, fierce rats or tussles with grown rabbits -- just a bite and no more effort needed.

为什么只有蛇才有毒液呢？譬如说，如果猫有毒液，那对猫会大有帮助，它就不必再和又大又凶的老鼠边跑边博斗了，也不必再和大兔子扭斗了，只要咬一口，就不必再费大力气。

that a series of deep soundings was obtained in the Atlantic and the first samples were collected by dredging the bottom.

才在大西洋测得一个个海水深度，同时通过挖掘海底，取得了研究海底的首批样品。

This decline in vigour with the passing of time is called ageing.

生命力随时间的流失而衰退叫做衰老。

but something was there, and he will not rest till he has captured it.

可是，好像还有什么东西存在着，不把它捕捉到，作家是不会罢休的。