Mead predicts that inventors will be able to perfect powerful customized chips over a weekend at the office -- spawning a new generation of garage start-ups and giving the U.S.a jump on its foreign rivals in getting new products to market fast.

米德预言发明者可以在办公室用一个周末的时间生产了完美的、功能很强的、按客户需求设计的芯片 -- 造就新一代从汽车间起家的技术人员，在把产品推向市场方面使美国把它的外国对手们打个措手不及。

Many firms, for instance, have great difficulty in obtaining technical or scientific books from libraries

比如，很多公司向图书馆借阅科技书籍时感到很困难，

living in a world in which undeclared aggression, war, hypocrisy, chicanery, anarchy and impending immolation are part of our daily lives, we all want a code to live by.

如今，不宣而战的侵略、战争、虚伪、诈骗、无政府状态以及即将临头的毁灭成了我们日常生活的一部分，我们都希望有一个赖以生存的行为准则。

as if he were holding it completely enclosed in the hollow of his hand.

就好像完全握在自己手心里一样。

and how much this faith means to a child.

孩子们的这种信念会对孩子产生多么大的影响，

Normal people tend to forget this process unless and until they are reminded of it.

衰老的过程，不经提起，正常人容易忘记；一经提醒，才会记起。