Pre-reading

Question: What’s the size of the New Testament?

Intensive Reading

A company from Israel makes a chip. It is really small. It is like a square.

一家来自以色列的公司制造了一种芯片。它真的很小。它像一个正方形。

Each side is 4.76 millimetres long. People write the New Testament on the chip. All 27 books are there. It is the smallest version of the New Testament. It is in Greek.

每条边都是4.76毫米长。人们在芯片写《新约》。所有27本书都在那里。这是最小版的《新约》。它是用希腊文写的。

The company wants to produce many of these chips. They want everyone to have one. The chip is small — it can fit into watches, for example.

这家公司想生产许多这种芯片。他们想让每人都拥有一个。这种芯片很小——比如，它刚好能放入手表中。

The company has big plans. They want to make another chip. This chip will have the Old Testament on it.

这家公司有宏大的计划。他们想制造另一种芯片。这种芯片将印《旧约》在上面。

Notes:

1. chip：n. 芯片。

2. New Testament：《新约》，圣经的一部分，圣经分为《新约》和《旧约》。testament原意是“证明，证据”或“遗言”。

3. fit into：刚好放入，使正好配合。

Exercise:

请根据文章内容，回答下述问题：

What’s the company’s next plan?