What exactly is infotech? 85% of people polled recently had not a clue what is meant, although 53% of those polled said they thought it sounded pretty important. They were right. It is. So what is it? Well, put simply, it is the "marrying-up" of products from several key industries: computers, telephones, television, and satellites. It means using micro-electronics, telecommunication networks, and fiber optics to help produce, store, obtain and send information by way of words, numbers, pictures and sound more quickly and efficiently than ever before.
什么是信息技術？據(jù)最近民意調查顯示，85％的人對其一無所知，盡管53％的被調查者認為它聽起來很重要。的確，它很重要。但什么是信息技術？簡言之，它是若干骨干工業(yè)產品的“嫁接品”：計算機、電話、電視和衛(wèi)星。它包括使用微電子產品，通信網(wǎng)絡和光學纖維來通過文字、數(shù)字、畫面及聲音比以前更快捷、更高效地生產、儲存、獲取以及傳送信息。
The impact infotech is having and is going to have on our lives and work is tremendous. It is already linking the skills of the space industry with those of cable television, so programs can be beamed directly into our homes from all over the world. Armies of "steel collar" workers, the robots, will soon be working in factories doing the boring, complex and unpleasant jobs which are at present still done by man. In some areas such as the car industry this has already started. Television will also be used to enable customers to shop from the comfort of their homes by simply ordering via the TV screen, payment being made by direct debit of their credit cards. Home banking and the automatic booking of tickets will also be done through the television screen. Cable television, which in many countries now gives a choice of dozens of channels, will soon be used to protect our homes by operating burglar and fire alarms linked to police and fire stations. Computers will run our homes, controlling the heating, air conditioning and cooking systems while robots will cope with the housework. The friendly postman will be a thing of the past as the postal service and letters disappear with the electronic mail received via view data screens.
信息技術正在并將會對我們的生活和工作產生巨大的影響。它已把空間產業(yè)技術與有線電視技術相結合。這樣電視節(jié)目就能從世界各地直接傳送到千家萬戶。成批的“鋼領”工人、機器人也將很快在工廠做一些目前由人做的枯燥、繁雜、無趣的工作。在一些領域如汽車工業(yè)方面，已經開始這樣做了。電視也用來幫助顧客在舒適的家中購物，你只需通過屏幕訂貨并使用信用卡付款結帳。家庭銀行業(yè)務及自動訂票也可通過電視屏幕進行。目前在許多國家可為人們提供眾多電視頻道選擇的有線電視，也可通過操作與警察局和消防站相聯(lián)的防盜及防火警報來保護我們的家產。計算機將管理我們的家、控制取暖、空調及烹飪系統(tǒng)，而機器人則處理家務。友好的郵遞員將隨著郵政服務和信件為通過計算機數(shù)據(jù)屏幕接收的電子信件取代而成為歷史。
All these things are coming very fast and their effects will be as far-reaching as those of the industrial revolution. Infotech is part of the technological revolution and that is with us now.
所有這一切來勢迅猛，而且其影響猶如工業(yè)革命一樣意義深遠。 信息技術是技術革命的一部分，現(xiàn)在它已與我們密不可分。
相關詞語 Related Words and Expression
infotech 信息技術
marrying-up 結合；嫁接品
fiber optics 光學技術；光學纖維
beam 播送；傳送
steel collar worker “鋼領”工人（機器人）
debit (賬戶中的) 收方；借方
view data screens 計算機數(shù)據(jù)屏幕
far-reaching 深遠的；廣泛的
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