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我们经常可以看到新闻：某人如何成功，多么厉害，取得多高的成就！如果你看到这篇写给美国年轻人的励志文章，或许，得到的不是一点点震撼……
If you’re one in a million in China， there are 1300 people just like you.
在中国，如果你是万里挑一的精英，那么仍有1300个和你一样优秀的人。
China will soon become the Number One English-speaking country in the world.
中国将很快成为世界上说英语人数最多的国家。
25% of India’s population with the highest IQ is greater than the total population of the United States.
拥有高智商的印度人，占其人口的25%，这一人群比美国的总人口数还多。
There are over 200 million registered users on MySpace. If MySpace were a country， it would be the 5th largest in the world.
社交网站MySpace有超过2亿注册用户。如果MySpace是一个国家的话，它将是世界第五大国。
There are about 540，000 words in English language， about 5 times as many as those during Shakespeare’s time.
现今的英文单词约有54万个，是莎士比亚时代的五倍。
The amount of new technical information is doubling every 2 years. For students starting a-4-year technical degree this means that half of what they learn in their first year of study will be outdated by their third year of study.
新科技的资讯量每两年就增长一倍，这对于4年制理工学生的意义是：一年级学的知识到了三年级有一半就过时了。
Predictions are that by 2049， a $1000 computer will exceed the computational capabilities of the entire human species.
预测到2049年，一部1000美元的电脑将超越全球人脑运算能力的总和。
If you’re one in a million in China， there are 1300 people just like you.
在中国，如果你是万里挑一的精英，那么仍有1300个和你一样优秀的人。
China will soon become the Number One English-speaking country in the world.
中国将很快成为世界上说英语人数最多的国家。
25% of India’s population with the highest IQ is greater than the total population of the United States.
拥有高智商的印度人，占其人口的25%，这一人群比美国的总人口数还多。
There are over 200 million registered users on MySpace. If MySpace were a country， it would be the 5th largest in the world.
社交网站MySpace有超过2亿注册用户。如果MySpace是一个国家的话，它将是世界第五大国。
There are about 540，000 words in English language， about 5 times as many as those during Shakespeare’s time.
现今的英文单词约有54万个，是莎士比亚时代的五倍。
The amount of new technical information is doubling every 2 years. For students starting a-4-year technical degree this means that half of what they learn in their first year of study will be outdated by their third year of study.
新科技的资讯量每两年就增长一倍，这对于4年制理工学生的意义是：一年级学的知识到了三年级有一半就过时了。
Predictions are that by 2049， a $1000 computer will exceed the computational capabilities of the entire human species.
预测到2049年，一部1000美元的电脑将超越全球人脑运算能力的总和。