n[C] AmE a very large road on which you can drive fast for long distances →information superhighway
1. Broadly speaking, however, the superhighway refers to the union of today's broadcasting, cable, video, telephone, and computer and semiconductor industries into one large all-connected industry. 但广义地说,信息高速公路是指由今天的广播、电视、录像、电话、电脑、半导体等产业组合而成的一个互相关联的大产业。
2. But while the Internet primarily moves words, the information superhighway will soon make routine the electronic transmission of data in other formats, such as audio files and images. 但是,互联网主要是传送文字,而信息高速公路不久将使其他形式的电子数据传送(如声音资料和图像的传送)成为常规。
3. Welcome to the information superhighway. 欢迎来到信息高速公路。
4. While nearly everyone has heard of the information superhighway, even experts differ on exactly what the term means and what the future it promises will look like. 尽管几乎人人都听说过信息高速公路,可即使专家们对这一名称的确切含义,以及它预示着什么样的未来也有分歧。
5. This means that major cities are getting the basic infrastructure to become major parts of the information superhighway, allowing people to log on to the most advanced services available. 这意味着其主要城市正获得必需的基础设施,成为信息高速公路的主要部分,使人们能够进入系统,获得最先进的服务。
6. The closest thing to an information superhighway today is the Internet, the system of linked computer networks that allows up to 25 million people in 135 countries to exchange information. 今天,与信息高速公路最接近的就是互联网,这是一个由电脑连接而成的网络系统,它使得135个国家多达2,500万的人能进行信息交换。
7. The possibilities are endless but in order for the information superhighway to become a reality, some concrete steps need to be taken to get the process started. 信息高速公路带来的可能性不胜枚举,但要使其成为现实,还必须采取具体的措施来开展这一工作。
8. The administration claims that failing to do so would be begging terrorists and criminals to plot together via the information superhighway. 政府称不这样做就等于让恐怖分子和犯罪分子通过信息高速公路来共同策划阴谋。
9. However, in an era of smaller budgets, the United States government is unlikely to come up with the money needed during the next 20 years to construct the superhighway. 然而,在一个预算拨款相对较少的时期,美国政府不可能拿得出今后20年里建造信息高速公路所需的钱款。
10. And despite the mistakes they'll make, they'll persist — so that one day they can cruise alongside Americans and Western Europeans on the information superhighway. 而且,尽管他们会犯错误,他们仍会坚持不懈--总有一天,他们将能在信息高速公路上与美国和西欧并驾齐驱。