1. But it’s easy to kill creativity by giving rewards for poor performance or creating too much anticipation for rewards.

　　2. The fridge’s effect upon the environment has been evident, while its contribution to human happiness has been insignificant.

　　3. It may then take us a long time to render it intelligent by loading in the right software or by altering the architecture but that too will happen.

　　4. As the intelligence of robots increase to match that of humans and as their cost declines through economies of scale we may use them to expand our frontiers.

　　5. Further ahead, by a combination of the great wealth this new age will bring and the technology it will provide, the construction of a vast, man-created world in space, home to thousands or millions of people, will be within our power.

　　6. Later, people tried to lift a building off its foundation, and insert rubber and steel between the building and its foundation to reduce the impact of ground vibrations.

　　7. If they are not sincere and do not practise what they preach, their children may grow confused and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been to some extent fooled.

　　8. For all these reasons, reading newspapers efficiently, which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need but without wasting time, demands skill and self-awareness as you modify and apply the techniques of reading.

　　9. “In Japan, a most competitive society with stronger discipline than ours.” Says Isaac Stern. “children are ready to test their limits every day in many fields, including music.”

　　10. What does the phrase ‘learning to use a computer’ mean? It sounds like ‘learning to drive a car’; that is , it sounds as if there is some set of definite skills that, once acquired, enable one to use a computer.

　　1、但是如果對績效差的業績也進行獎勵或者讓人們對獎勵有太多的預期，是很容易抹殺創造性的。

　　2、冰箱對環境的影響是顯而易見的，而它對促進人們幸福的貢獻卻是微不足道的。

　　3、裝載正確的軟件來使它智能化可能要花費我們很長的時間，或者也可以改變它的結構，但同樣的情況也會發生。

　　4、由于機器人的智能增長到了人腦的程度，加上通過規模經濟降低了生產成本，我們可以使用它們來拓展前沿。

　　5、在將來，通過新一代人創造的財富和科技，建設一座可以容納千百萬人的人造大型太空站也是可以的。

　　6、后來，人們試著把建筑物從其基地上撐起來，在建筑物和地基間灌入橡膠和鋼鐵以減少地表震動的影響。

　　7、如果他們對于自己吹捧的東西不認真對待也不去執行的話，他們的孩子將在糊里糊涂中長大，并且當他們對自己進行一些思考的時候，他們會在情感上有不安全感并認為他們遭受了某種程度的欺騙。

　　8、因為所有這些原因，要進行有效讀報的話，既要得到你需要的信息又不浪費時間，需要選擇和應用良好的閱讀技能和自我了解。

　　9、“在日本，是一個比我們更有紀律性和競爭性的社會。”Isaac Stern說。“孩子們每天都準備在各個領域內沖刺極限，包括音樂。”

　　10、“學習使用計算機”這個短語是什么意思呢?聽起來像是“學習駕駛汽車”也就是說，好象里面有一套確定的技能，一旦獲得，就會使用計算機了。