1.He took his time walking home from Gilder Middle School, weaving past cracks in the sidewalk and mud puddles left behind by the spring thaw.
和往常一样，吉米放学后从吉尔德中学步行回家，慢慢绕过人行道上的裂缝和初春解冻后留下的泥坑。
2."The central event of the twentieth century is the overthrow of matter, " says technology analyst George Gilder.
“二十世纪的核心事件，就是对物质的颠覆。”技术分析家乔治·吉尔德[6]如是说。
3.To paraphrase Gilder's aphorism: "The central event of the twenty-first century will be the overthrow of information. "
我们可以这样改写吉尔德的警句：“二十一世纪的核心事件，是对信息的颠覆”。
4.But it wasn't until a dozen years later that George Gilder, a technology pundit, called this Metcalfe's law.
直到十几年后，技术大家吉尔得将之称为“梅特卡夫定律”。