《Lesson 15 Secrecy in industry》是英語聽力演唱的歌曲。
基本介紹
- 外文名：Lesson 15 Secrecy in industry
- 所屬專輯：新概念英語(第四冊)
- 歌手：英語聽力
內容簡介
Lesson 15
第15節
Secrecy in industry
工業中的秘密
Why is secrecy particularly important in the chemical industries?
為什麼在化學工業中保密尤為重要？
Two factors weigh heavily against the effectiveness of scientific research in industry.
有兩個因素嚴重地妨礙工業中科學研究的效率
One is the general atmosphere of secrecy in which it is carried out,
一是科研工作中普遍存在的保密氣氛
the other the lack of freedom of the individual research worker.
二是研究人員缺乏個人自由
In so far as any inquiry is a secret one,
任何一項研究都涉及到保密
it naturally limits all those engaged in carrying it out from effective contact with their fellow scientists either in other countries or in universities,
那些從事科研的人員自然受到了限制，他們不能和其他國家、其他大學
or even, often enough, in other departments of the same firm.
甚至往往不能與本公司的其他部門的同行們進行有效的接觸
The degree of secrecy naturally varies considerably.
保密程度自然差別很大
Some of the bigger firms are engaged in researches which are of such general and fundamental nature
某些大公司進行的研究屬於一般和基礎的研究
that it is a positive advantage to them not to keep them secret.
因此不保密對他們才有利
Yet a great many processes depending on such research are sought for with complete secrecy until the stage at which patents can be taken out.
然而，依賴這種研究的很多工藝程式是在完全保密的情況下進行的。直到可以取得專利權的階段為止
Even more processes are never patented at all but kept as secret processes.
更多的工藝過程根本就不會取得專利權，而是作為秘方保存著
This applies particularly to chemical industries,
在這化學工業方面尤為突出
where chance discoveries play a much larger part than they do in physical and mechanical industries.
同物理和機械工業相比，化學工業中偶然發現的機會要多得多
Sometimes the secrecy goes to such an extent that the whole nature of the research cannot be mentioned.
有時，保密竟達到了這樣的程度，即連研究工作的整個性質都不準提及
Many firms, for instance have great difficulty in obtaining technical or scientific books from libraries
比如，很多公司向圖書館借閱科技書籍時感到困難
because they are unwilling to have their names entered as having taken out such and such a book,
因為它們不願讓人家記下它們公司的名字和借閱的某一本書
for fear the agents of other firms should be able to trace the kind of research they are likely to be undertaking.
他們生怕別的公司的情報人員據此摸到他們可能要從事的某項科研項目
