Lesson 10-2 Silicon valley
And on Asians. Already, orientals and Asian Americans constitute the majority of the engineering staffs at many Valley firms. And Chinese, Korean, Filipino and Indian engineers are graduating in droves from California's colleges. As the heads of next- generation start-ups, these Asian innovators can draw on customs and languages to forge tighter links with crucial Pacific Rim markets. For instance, Alex Au, a Stanford Ph. D. from Hong Kong, has set up a Taiwan factory to challenge Japan's near lock on the memory-chip market. India-born N. Damodar Reddy's tiny California company reopened an AT & T chip plant in Kansas City last spring with financing from the state of Missouri. Before it becomes a retirement village, Silicon Valley may prove a classroom for building a global business.
oriental /ˌɔːriˈentl/ 东方人
constitute /ˈkɑːnstɪtuːt/ 组成，构成;制定(法律等);
majority /məˈdʒɔːrəti/ 大部分，大多数，
drove /droʊv/ 群
innovator /ˈɪnəveɪtər/ 创新者;革新者
draw on 利用;动用; 依靠、凭借
forge /fɔːrdʒ/ 稳步前进; 锻造; forge ahead 奋勇向前;稳步推进
crucial /ˈkruːʃl/ 关键的;至关重要的;关键性的
rim 边沿，边缘;
memory-chip 内存条
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