高级口译笔记-人物访谈、信息时代

MPEG：是Motion Picture Experts Group的，运动图像专家组
MSN: Microsoft Network，微软网络
OCR：Optical Character Recognition, 光学字符识别
OEM：Original Equipment Manufacturer, 原始设备制造商

RAM：Random Access Memory，随机存储器，即人们常说的“内存”。
ROM：Read－Only Memory，只读存储器。

第二部分 例句

据中国因特网信息中心的统计数据，中国的公共网络已覆盖365个城市，上网电脑达520万台，经常上网者达1,260万人以上，网址有32,000个。
According to statistics from China Internet Network Information Center, the public network covers 365 cities, and the number of on-line computers reached 5.2 million, with 12.6 million regular Internet users and 23,000 web sites.

今天的因特网具有强大的通信功能，它可以提供电子邮件、即时信息和聊天室等多种通信方式。
Today’s Internet is a powerful way to communicate, including e-mail, instant messaging and chatroom services.

关注未来因特网的最佳方法是了解今日的因特网存在着什么问题。
The best way of looking at the Internet of the future is to ask what is wrong with today’s.

今天，商务和通信二十四小时不停地进行着。在有线电视的新闻节目中所报道的事件不是在几点钟发生，而是在一个小时或30分钟前发生。当地时间已不再是一个有意义的时间标志。
Today, commerce and communications never cease but go around the clock. On cable-TV news shows, events did not happen at which hour, but an hour or 30 minutes ago. Local time is no longer the meaning marker of events.