【正确答案】You should agree that multimedia isn't any one thing but a complex entity^① that involves many things: hardware, software, and the interface^② where they meet. But we've forgotten^③ the most important thing that multimedia involves: you. Yeah, sure. With multimedia, you don't have to be a passive recipient^④. You can control. You can interact. You can make it do what you want it to do. It means you can tailor a multimedia presentation to your own needs. You can cut through^⑤ the chaff^⑥ and dig directly into the important data in a report, put together reports and video clips from around the world that interest you.

【答案解析】 ①以entity译“组合”，比较正式，也可以译成combination。
   ②专业文章的翻译会涉及专业词汇和专业知识。本段中的专业语汇包括“多媒体”(multimedia)、“硬件”(hardware)、“软件”(software)、“界面”(interface)和“数据”(data)。
   ③“还”在汉语中表示某种现象继续存在，或某种动作继续进行，因此译为现在完成时have forgotten。
   ④“观众”一词本身就含有被动接受的意思，译为recipient即可，加passive一词，使被动意思更加鲜明。
   ⑤在遇到肯定否定逻辑转换，即翻译正说反说的时候，可根据语境、语义、语气等因素作必要的变通。这里用正说cut through译反说“不管”，意思是不考虑、不顾及，也可以用ignore，disregard等动词来翻译。
   ⑥chaff原指谷物的麸皮，此处用来译“无用的东西”，是比喻的用法。也可以用garbage，non-significant data等来译，只是直白了许多，并没有错。