Globally, we have moved from a culture centered on network television, cable, AM and FM radio and telephone into a digital society with mass media,streaming information, intelligent computer. To shift to a digital economy, best demonstrated by the explosive growth of the Internet, is transforming everyday products and practices. Ideas expressed in soft wares, chips, communication systems, financial institutions and mass media have enormous leverage worldwide. Beyond emails and online shopping, the Internet promises to change dramatically huge spectrum activities. Its benefits can be well illustrated in the following aspects.

在全球范圍內，我們已經從一個文化中心為網絡電視，有線電視，AM和FM收音機，電話的社會進入到以大眾媒體，信息流，智能計算機的數字社會。轉變成數字經濟，最明顯體現在互聯網的爆增，它正在改變日常產品和實踐。思想體現在軟件，芯片，通信系統，金融機構和大眾媒體擁有巨大的全球影響力上。除了電子郵件和網上購物，互聯網還承諾大改光譜活動。它的好處可以在以下幾個方面說明。

In the first place, it contributes to escape us from laborious work, save our time, facilitate our lives. Secondly, with computer’s extensive reach into every corner of the world, a perspective of human life can be shown only with a single keystroke. No matter where we are, in school, business workshops, operating rooms, labs, banks of halls of government, the Internet appears to reflect a perspective of human life. Furthermore, computer profits us by relaxation and entertainment it provides.

首先，它有助于我們擺脫費力的工作，節省時間，方便了我們的生活。其次，計算機的廣泛延伸到世界的每個角落，只需一個單一的按鍵就可以透視人類生活。不管我們在哪里，在學校，企業車間，手術室，實驗室，銀行政府大廳，因特網似乎都可以反映人類生活。此外，電腦不僅提供放松和娛樂還有利潤。

But on the other hand, some people debate that it is also inconvenient, waste the time, isolated us from people, and make our lives more complicated. Some people repair the most sophisticated computer but can’t mend a pair of socks. Yet in fact, computer collapse the distances and demolishes all boundaries. Whether computer is a blessing or a curse, depends on different circumstance and the way you use it.

但另一方面，一些人反對說電腦也很不方便，浪費時間，和人們孤立起來，并使我們的生活更復雜。有些人會修理最復雜的計算機，但卻不能修補一雙襪子。但事實上，電腦消滅了距離并拆除所有的界限。計算機是祝福還是詛咒，取決于不同的情況和使用它的方式。

As a new millennium approach, we look forward to constructing a new fantasy land by combination with the wealth this new age will bring and the high technology it will provide.

作為一個新千年的方式，我們期待通過結合這個新時代將帶來的財富與高技術所提供的來建立一個夢想中的樂園