1. Before it becomes a retirement village, Silicon Valley may prove a classroom for building a global business.
    在硅谷变成一个退休村之前，它很可能成为建立全球商业的一个教学场地。

2. The silicon chip is less than a millimeter thick.
    这个硅片还不到一毫米厚。

3. Technology trends may push Silicon Valley back to the future.
    技术的发展趋势有可能把硅谷重新推向未来。

4. Mid-sized cities like Bangalore are now the Silicon Valleys of India — their workers generate demand for the very products that they produce.
    像班加罗尔这样的中型城市现在已经是印度的硅谷——那里的工人们激发了市场对他们生产的产品的需求。

5. Over the next two decades, IIT graduates — educated at the expense of Indian taxpayers — played a major role in founding California's Silicon Valley.
    在接下来的20年中，印度技术学院的毕业生们——那些用印度纳税人的钱培养出来的毕业生——却在加利福尼亚硅谷的创建过程中发挥了主要作用。