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1、第一篇 CouldyoureproduceSiliconValleyelsewhere,oristheresomethinguniqueaboutit? Itwouldn’tbesurprisingifitwerehardtoreproduceinothercountries,becauseyoucouldn’treproduceitinmostoftheUSeither.WhatdoesittaketomakeaSiliconValley? It’stherightpeople.Ifyoucouldgetth
2、erighttenthousandpeopletomovefromSiliconValleytoBuffalo,BuffalowouldbecomeSiliconValley. Youonlyneedtwokindsofpeopletocreateatechnologyhub（中心）:richpeopleandnerds（痴迷科研的人）. Observationbearsthisout.WithintheUS,townshavebecomestartuphubsifandonlyiftheyhavebothrich
3、peopleandnerds.FewstartupshappeninMiami,forexample,becausealthoughit’sfullofrichpeople,ithasfewnerds.It’snotthekindofplacenerdslike. WhereasPittsburghastheoppositeproblem:plentyofnerds,butnorichpeople.ThetopUSComputerSciencedepartmentsaresaidtobeMIT,Stanford,Ber
4、keley,andCarnegie-Mellon.MITyieldedRoute128. StanfordandBerkeleyyieldedSiliconValley.ButwhatdidCarnegie-MellonyieldinPittsburgh?AndwhathappenedinIthaca,homeofCornellUniversity,whichisalsohighonthelist. IgrewupinPittsburghandwenttocollegeatCornell,soIcananswerfo
5、rboth.Theweatheristerrible,particularlyinwinter,andthere’snointerestingoldcitytomakeupforit,asthereisinBoston.Richpeopledon’twanttoliveinPittsburghorIthaca.Sowhilethereareplentyofhackers（电脑迷）whocouldstartstartups,there’snoonetoinvestinthem. Doyoureallyneedtheric
6、hpeople?Wouldn’titworktohavethegovernmentinvestthenerds?No,itwouldnot.Startupinvestorsareadistincttypeofrichpeople.Theytendtohavealotofexperiencethemselvesinthetechnologybusiness.Thishelpsthempicktherightstartups,andmeanstheycansupplyadviceandconnectionsaswellasmo
7、ney.Andthefactthattheyhaveapersonalstakeintheoutcomemakesthemreallypayattention.56.WhatdowelearnaboutSiliconValleyfromthepassage? A)Itssuccessishardtocopyanywhereelse. B)ItisthebiggesttechnologyhubintheUS. C)Itsfameinhightechnologyisincomparable. D)Itleadstheworld
8、ininformationtechnology.57.WhatmakesMiamiunfittoproduceaSiliconValley? A)Lackofincentiveforinvestments. B)Lackoftherightkindoftalents. C)Lackofgovernmen
