The first two industrial revolutions inflicted plenty of pain but ultimately benefited everyone. The digital one may prove far more divisive.
詞匯突破：
inflict 使…遭受…;
Divisive 爭(zhēng)議
參考譯文:前兩次工業(yè)革命曾帶來(lái)了巨大的痛苦，但是最終使大家都受益了。這次的數(shù)字革命可能是最有爭(zhēng)議的了。
MOST PEOPLE ARE discomfited by radical change, and often for good reason.
詞匯突破：discomfit = upset 使…不安，難堪;
radical change 巨大的改變
參考譯文：大多數(shù)人對(duì)巨大的改變會(huì)感到不安，而且常常有正當(dāng)?shù)睦碛伞?BR> Whether the digital revolution will bring mass job creation to make up for its mass job destruction remains to be seen.
參考譯文：數(shù)字革命是否能創(chuàng)造出大量的工作機(jī)會(huì)來(lái)彌補(bǔ)其即將毀掉的工作還不得而知。
The beneficial effects of this rise in computing power have been slow to come through.
同義替換：The beneficial effects of this rise in computing power=
The beneficial effects of the digital revolution
參考譯文：數(shù)字化革命帶來(lái)的好處來(lái)的比較緩慢。
Exceptional growth, in other words, looks negligible until it suddenly becomes unmanageable.
詞匯突破：Exceptional growth 巨大的增長(zhǎng)
Negligible 可忽略的;
in other words 換句話(huà)講
參考譯文：換句話(huà)講，巨大的增長(zhǎng)在變得不可管理之前，看起來(lái)都是可忽略的。
The digital revolution is opening up a great divide between a skilled and wealthy few and the rest of society.
參考譯文：數(shù)字革命使得有技術(shù)的人以及少數(shù)的富人與社會(huì)中的其他人之間的產(chǎn)生了巨大的鴻溝。
詞匯突破：
inflict 使…遭受…;
Divisive 爭(zhēng)議
參考譯文:前兩次工業(yè)革命曾帶來(lái)了巨大的痛苦，但是最終使大家都受益了。這次的數(shù)字革命可能是最有爭(zhēng)議的了。
MOST PEOPLE ARE discomfited by radical change, and often for good reason.
詞匯突破：discomfit = upset 使…不安，難堪;
radical change 巨大的改變
參考譯文：大多數(shù)人對(duì)巨大的改變會(huì)感到不安，而且常常有正當(dāng)?shù)睦碛伞?BR> Whether the digital revolution will bring mass job creation to make up for its mass job destruction remains to be seen.
參考譯文：數(shù)字革命是否能創(chuàng)造出大量的工作機(jī)會(huì)來(lái)彌補(bǔ)其即將毀掉的工作還不得而知。
The beneficial effects of this rise in computing power have been slow to come through.
同義替換：The beneficial effects of this rise in computing power=
The beneficial effects of the digital revolution
參考譯文：數(shù)字化革命帶來(lái)的好處來(lái)的比較緩慢。
Exceptional growth, in other words, looks negligible until it suddenly becomes unmanageable.
詞匯突破：Exceptional growth 巨大的增長(zhǎng)
Negligible 可忽略的;
in other words 換句話(huà)講
參考譯文：換句話(huà)講，巨大的增長(zhǎng)在變得不可管理之前，看起來(lái)都是可忽略的。
The digital revolution is opening up a great divide between a skilled and wealthy few and the rest of society.
參考譯文：數(shù)字革命使得有技術(shù)的人以及少數(shù)的富人與社會(huì)中的其他人之間的產(chǎn)生了巨大的鴻溝。