1. The world is on "the eve of a new era", says the former United States Vice President Al Gore, the Clinton administration's leading high-technology advocate.
    美国前副总统阿尔·戈尔说，我们这个世界正处于"新时代的前夜"，他是克林顿政府中推行高科技的主要人物。

2. Gore wants the federal government to play the leading role in shaping the superhighway.
    戈尔希望联邦政府在决定信息高速公路的发展方面发挥领导作用。