Last year (1995), the high-profit industry which people worldwide looked upon with most envy was without a doubt the semiconductor industry, in which one could recoup one's investment in only a year. But in 1996, the industry which has suffered the biggest setbacks, giving a slap in the face to investment analysts everywhere, has also been the semiconductor industry.
去年一九九五年，全球最令人眼紅、一年可以賺回一個資本額的「暴利」產業，非半導體莫屬；然而，今年跌得最慘、令理財投資專家滿地找眼鏡的，竟也是半導體。