“科学技术是第一生产力，而且是先进生产力的集中体现和主要标志。”请你谈谈对这段话的理解。
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科学技术是第一生产力。现代科技每前进一步，都会引起社会生产力的深刻变革。尤其是以信息技术和生命科学为核心的当代科学和高新技术突飞猛进，促进了工业、农业劳动生产率大幅度提高，为社会生产力发展和人类的文明进步开辟了更为广阔的空间，有力地推动了经济和社会的发展。大量实践证明，科学技术已越来越成为生产力解放和发展的重要基础和标志，高新技术及其产业已成为当代经济发展的火车头。
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| One spring afternoon five years ago, Jimmy Liao was crying in the hall of Taipei's Sherwood Hotel; life seemed 1 . The people who laughed as they walked past were taking their 2 for granted, just as he 3 himself. Now, however, he felt 4 -and he couldn't even show his disappointment in his 5 . Seeking more personally satisfying 6 , he had just left a successful job as a commercial artist when it seemed that fate (命运) played a cruel 7 on him. It was at this time that he developed cancer and was 8 to work. But that moment in the hotel was a turning point for Jimmy. He began to 9 the fact that there is no such a thing as fate, only 10 . Since then, he has published several imaginative, illustrated (带插图的) books. According to Jimmy, you are 11 you choose to be. You can give up or you can work to be a happier person. Jimmy realized that, while the world 12 seems unfair, your choice can change your life. This idea can be 13 in Jimmy's books, where his characters show the powerlessness they feel 14 making their choices. The message that goes with Jimmy's drawings, however, is 15 . Though the world may make us feel small, we must be 16 . Everything will be all right for us-as it is for the "small people" in Jimmy's books-if we make choices that are 17 for us. In spite of his new 18 and wealth, Jimmy prefers working 19 at home with his wife and daughter. He spends his mornings drawing. To Jimmy, living a life as he chooses means much more than money and fame could 20 . | ||||
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