notes there are now work-stations that enable engineers to design, test and produce chips right on their desks, much the way an editor creates a newsletter on a Macintosh.

注意到，现在有些计算机工作站使工程技术人员可以在他们的办公桌上设计、试验和生产芯片，就像一位编辑在苹果机上编出一份时事通讯一样。

This applies particularly to chemical industries,

这在化学工业方面尤其突出。

and existence an empty laugh braying across the mysteries;

如果存在不只是对神秘事物的一种空虚的笑声，

History does not relate whether his friend accepted his medical help, but in all probability he did.

他的朋友是否接受了他的药物治疗，历史没有记载，但很可能是接受了。

The old view of Galileo was delightfully uncomplicated.

令人高兴的是，过去对伽利略的看法并不复杂。

But animals of this age do not easily become subservient to man,

但这个年龄的象不易驯服，