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你能想一个没有汽车、没有电话、没有热水的世界吗?这几样东西仅是工程师们为人类作出的许多重大贡献的几个例子。过去各个时代的工程师们利用他们的经验和技能作出了这些大大提高人的生活水平的重大技术发明,而今天美国仍需要成千上万的工程师以满足未来的需求并跟上不断发展的技术。据美国国家科学基金会报导,到1996年,美国所能培养出的科学和工程学士人数将比实际需要的人数少4.5万人,到2010年,这一差额将达到70万人。对于一个已在技术上占据世界领先地位的国家来说,这是非常令人不安的预测。
Can you think of a world without cars, no phones, no hot water? These are just a few examples of the many significant contributions engineers make to humans. Engineers of all time past used their experience and skills to make significant technological inventions that greatly improved people's lives, and today the United States still needs tens of thousands of engineers to meet future needs and keep up with evolving technology. According to the report of the National Science Foundation, by 1996, the number of science and engineering bachelors that the United States can produce will be 45,000 less than actually needed. By 2010, the difference will reach 700,000. This is a very disturbing forecast for a country that has technically been the world's leader.