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1、第一篇 CouldyoureproduceSiliconValleyelsewhere,oristheresomethinguniqueaboutit? Itwouldn’tbesurprisingifitwerehardtoreproduceinothercountries,becauseyoucouldn’treproduceitinmostoftheUSeither.WhatdoesittaketomakeaSiliconValley? It’stherightpeople.Ifyoucouldgettherighttenthous
2、andpeopletomovefromSiliconValleytoBuffalo,BuffalowouldbecomeSiliconValley. Youonlyneedtwokindsofpeopletocreateatechnologyhub（中心）:richpeopleandnerds（痴迷科研的人）. Observationbearsthisout.WithintheUS,townshavebecomestartuphubsifandonlyiftheyhavebothrichpeopleandnerds.Fewstartupsha
3、ppeninMiami,forexample,becausealthoughit’sfullofrichpeople,ithasfewnerds.It’snotthekindofplacenerdslike. WhereasPittsburghastheoppositeproblem:plentyofnerds,butnorichpeople.ThetopUSComputerSciencedepartmentsaresaidtobeMIT,Stanford,Berkeley,andCarnegie-Mellon.MITyieldedRoute12
4、8. StanfordandBerkeleyyieldedSiliconValley.ButwhatdidCarnegie-MellonyieldinPittsburgh?AndwhathappenedinIthaca,homeofCornellUniversity,whichisalsohighonthelist. IgrewupinPittsburghandwenttocollegeatCornell,soIcananswerforboth.Theweatheristerrible,particularlyinwinter,andthere
5、’snointerestingoldcitytomakeupforit,asthereisinBoston.Richpeopledon’twanttoliveinPittsburghorIthaca.Sowhilethereareplentyofhackers（电脑迷）whocouldstartstartups,there’snoonetoinvestinthem. Doyoureallyneedtherichpeople?Wouldn’titworktohavethegovernmentinvestthenerds?No,itwouldnot.
6、Startupinvestorsareadistincttypeofrichpeople.Theytendtohavealotofexperiencethemselvesinthetechnologybusiness.Thishelpsthempicktherightstartups,andmeanstheycansupplyadviceandconnectionsaswellasmoney.Andthefactthattheyhaveapersonalstakeintheoutcomemakesthemreallypayattention.56.W
7、hatdowelearnaboutSiliconValleyfromthepassage? A)Itssuccessishardtocopyanywhereelse. B)ItisthebiggesttechnologyhubintheUS. C)Itsfameinhightechnologyisincomparable. D)Itleadstheworldininformationtechnology.57.WhatmakesMiamiunfittoproduceaSiliconValley? A)Lackofincentiveforinvestm
8、ents. B)Lackoftherightkindoftalents. C)Lackofgovernmen
