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让我们看看 Patty........ 是怎么回事
帕蒂坐在电脑前，诚然有些疲惫。她刚从美国度假一周回来。 威廉斯堡殖民地 罗布和他们的两个儿子。虽然孩子们只有五岁，但她坚持要他们去 历史三角 并让两个小家伙开始学习美国历史。她和罗伯在家里一直说普通话和西班牙语，两个孩子都会说三种语言，因此参观威廉斯堡也是帕蒂为他们准备的其他活动之一，目的是让他们过上有价值、有成就的生活。
好吧，也许她对自己的儿子们来说是个 "超人"，但她还记得在她还是个小女孩的时候，参观这座历史瑰宝对她产生的深远影响。在这次访问期间，这个年轻的家庭在威廉斯堡殖民地、布希花园和美国水乡轮流游玩了几天。他们还在其中两家历史悠久的餐厅吃了晚餐。当然，年幼的儿子们最喜欢布希花园和水之国。
她不得不承认，这次旅行让她有些动摇。在布希花园排队等候游乐设施时，她看到数十名青少年沉迷于智能手机或平板电脑。更令人担忧的是，在威廉斯堡殖民地，当讲解员讲解燧发枪的制作方法或革命战争早期皇家海军陆战队从威廉斯堡杂志中获取火药的影响时，青少年们还在发短信。
帕蒂清楚地认识到电子产品的深远益处，毕竟这是她的职业！然而，她感到不安的是，电子产品的过度使用，取代了人与人之间的互动和智力追求，并诱使许多儿童远离游戏。几周前，她来到自己长大的公园，发现秋千、滑梯和单杠上都没有孩子，这让她感到非常震惊。
More troubling, was a recent chat she had with the Professor. He told her he was convinced that the likelihood of a high school student getting into an elite university was inversely proportional to the number of text messages they send each day. He pointed out that according to Sherry Turkle in her seminalbook, Alone Together, the typical US teen sends 200 texts a day. He went on to explain that if a teen sends that many texts a day, how can they have time to be studying Milton or the rise and fall of Rome, learning calculus, or becoming proficient in any topic needed to get into a competitive college or university? To make the point that better students don’t send many texts a day, The Professor even surveyed his statistics class at Ivy University and found that on average the students theresent only about 20 texts a day.
就在这些矛盾的想法在她脑海中翻腾的时候，皮特走了过来，把她吓了一跳。
"我们一起去魁北克！"皮特喊道。
帕蒂不得不摇了摇头，把蜘蛛网赶走。
"嘿，孩子，你看起来有点累。假期太长了？"皮特调侃道。
"我们昨晚11: 30才到家怎么了？"帕蒂回答道。
"皮特回答说："嗯，你不在的时候，我们敬爱的高级管理层决定，他们可能想收购魁北克舍布鲁克附近的一家公司。
"如果我们还没买下公司，为什么要去魁北克？"帕蒂问道。
“The company has 99.5% first pass yield, but their financials are not that great, especially return on assets,” Pete replied.
"帕蒂评论说："看来他们的正常运行时间或线路平衡可能出了问题。
"皮特说："就他们拥有的三条生产线而言，其吞吐量表明情况并非如此。
"嗯，有意思。"帕蒂喃喃地说。
“Oh, one more thing. They probably need to be using solder preforms on QFNs in some smartphones. They have a voiding warranty issue.” Pete added.
How can a company have outstanding yield and good throughput and still not be profitable? What about solder preforms? Stay tuned to find out.
干杯
罗恩博士
