1. Precisely at noon an infinitely powerful computer takes all the data and calculates what will happen at each point at 12.01, then 12.02, then 12.03...
    在正午时分，一个功能巨大的计算机搜集了所有的资料，并算出在每一个点上12：01、12：02、12：03时可能出现的情况。

2. Mead predicts that inventors will be able to perfect powerful customized chips over a weekend at the office
    米德预言发明者可以在办公室用一个周末的时间生产了完美的、功能很强的、按客户需求设计的芯片

3. Meanwhile, another powerful killer of bacteria and viruses was discovered, again by accident.
    与此同时，人类又发现了一种杀灭细菌和病毒的有效药物，这次也纯属偶然。

4. Meanwhile, man continues in his search for new drugs, always with the hope of some day discovering more powerful — and safer — healing agents.
    与此同时，人类仍在寻求新的药物，总希望有朝一日能发现更有效、更安全的制剂。

5. Computers have become smaller and smaller, more and more powerful and cheaper and cheaper.
    计算机已经变得体积越来越小，功能越来越多，价格越来越低，

6. Charles Laveran, a French physician stationed in Algeria and later a Nobel laureate, took blood from a patient ill with malaria, and after two years of careful work (1878-1880) found that it contained tiny organisms under his powerful microscope.
    一位在阿尔及利亚工作站工作的名叫查尔斯·拉弗兰的法国医生——后来的诺贝尔奖金获得者——从一名疟疾患者身上抽取了血液。经过两年的仔细工作（1878—1880），在他的高倍显微镜下面发现里面含有微小的生物有机体。

7. One such powerful killer was discovered in the autumn of 1928.
    1928年秋，人们发现了一种强效药物。

8. Our engine roared to life, the powerful jet turbines making enough noise to waken the dead.
    引擎轰鸣着发动起来，强大的涡轮机发出的声音可以把死人吵醒。

9. Lighten up. Once in a staff meeting, one of the most powerful chairmen in the entertainment industry became very angry over tiny problems, scolded each worker and enjoyed making them fear him.
    放松。一次在员工会议上，一位娱乐业最有影响的董事长由于一些微不足道的问题大发雷霆，责备每一位员工，为能使员工害怕自己而感到满足。

10. It has a really powerful message.
    它的含义丰富，很有感染力。