1·For a while it looked as though the making of semiconductors, which America had invented and which sat at the heart of the new computer age, was going to be the next casualty.
有一段时间，由美国创造的、处于新计算机时代核心的半导体制造业似乎将成为下一个受害者。
2·Materials science studies what makes up our world -- the metals, semiconductors, plastics we use to make all our devices, products, and technologies.
材料科学的研究决定了我们的世界——金属，半导体，塑料都用在了我们的设备，产品和技术上。
3·But the major ingredient of semiconductors is silicon, the second most abundant element on earth.
但是半导体的主要成分是硅，一种地球上含量第二丰富的元素。
4·But the major ingredient of semiconductors is silicon, the second abundant element on earth.
但是，半导体的主要成份硅，是地球上第二大丰富的元素。
5·Although far from household names, they are huge companies, churning out about one quarter of the world's semiconductors.
虽然远非家喻户晓，但他们都是巨型企业，以致制造全世界半导体的四分之一。