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次の英文の下線部(1)(2)(3)を日本語に訳しなさい。
It is often said that we are living in the Information Age. This observation tells us that having information is important. Furthermore, a famous saying in Enlish is, "Knowledge is power," and this tells us that having knowledge is important. So having both information and knowledge is important in our lives, but what is the difference between knowledge and information?
(1)One English dictionary defines information as "facts provided or learned about something or someone," and knowledge as "facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject." So it can safely be said that knowlege gives us the skills to use information effectively. But how can this be powerful? If two persons like to eat fish and one knows how to fish while the other knows of a good fishing spot, who is the more powerful? It is the person who knows how to fish, since the other person cannot effectively use the information he has.
Let us consider some examples that are more relevant to the Information Age. One of the principal tools of the Information Age is the computer. (2)This means that people who cannot use computers will face difficulties in the job market. People who can use computers have power over those who cannot; they can get better, higher-paid jobs, and can also get money for teaching and sharing their knowledge.
Through computers, we can access the Internet and the World Wide Web, where we can view tens of millions of pages of information. Indeed, the content of the Internet can be overwhelming, and to use it effectively, we need two related knowledge skills. (3)These are teh ability to search the Internet effectively in order to find the information we need, and the ability to judge the quality of the information we find. The reason we need these skills is because the Internet has little regulation -- anybody can write anything, so we need to be able to separate good information from bad. Of course, we need both these knowledge skills whenever we get information from anywhere, whether from newspapers, the television, or even our riends. But because there is so much information on the Internet, these knowlege skills become even more important.
――福岡女子大学 前期日程/文学部 （２月25日実施）――2005年
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