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Letters will not so easily go astray . It will be safer to walk the streets because people will not need to carry large amounts of cash; virtually all financial transactions will be conducted by computer. In the microelectronic village, the home will again be the center of society, as it was before the Industrial Revolution.
信件誤投的事將不再會經常發生;在大街上行走會變得更加安全，因為人們再不必隨身攜帶大量的現金，幾乎所有的金融交易都將通過計算機來完成;在微型電子化社會里，家庭將再度成為社會活動的中心，就像工業革命前的情形一樣。
Mass production of the miracle chip has already made possible home computer systems that sell for less than $800 – and prices will continue to fall. Many domestic de-vices that use electric power will be computerized. Eventually, the household computer will be as much a part of the home as the kitchen sink; it will program washing machines, burglar and fire alarms, sewing machines, a robot vacuum cleaner and a machine that will rinse and stack dirty dishes. When something goes wrong with an appliance a question to the computer will elicit repair instructions – in future generations, repairs will be made automatically. Energy costs will be cut by a computerized device that will direct heat to living areas where it is needed, and turn it down where it is not; the device's ubiquitous eye, sensing where people are at all times, will similarly turn the lights on and off as need-ed.
神奇的集成電路片的大規模生產，已經使家庭計算機系統的售價有可能低于八百美元--而且價格還將繼續下跌。許許多多的家用電器都將由計算機來控制。終有一天，家用計算機將會像廚房的洗滌槽一樣成為極普通的家庭日常用具;通過計算機程序來控制洗衣機、防盜防火報警器、縫紉機、機器人吸塵器和全自動洗碗機。一旦某種機器出了故障，只需問一下計算機即可馬上調出修復指令--將來生產的換代計算機還會自動排除故障。能源消耗也可以通過一種計算機控制的裝置得以降低，因為這種裝置能自動地根據各生活區的需要送熱，而對不需要的地區則關閉熱源。該裝置的那只萬能的眼睛時時刻刻能感知到哪兒有人哪兒沒人，因此，它同樣可以根據需要開關電燈。
Paper clutter will disappear as home information management systems take over from memo pads, notebooks, files, bills and the kitchen bulletin board.
隨著家用信息處理系統取代備忘簿、筆記本、文件夾、帳本和廚房記事板的功能，廢紙堆將再也看不見了。
While it may be a number of year s before the average housewife can do her shopping by computer TV, the basic instrumentation is already in place in an ever-growing number of supermarkets.
盡管要等到若干年后普通的家庭主婦才能通過電腦電視采購物品，但達到這一目標的基本技術設備已在越來越多的超級市場里裝置起來了。
