Technological progress means that many firms' most productive assets are now not their physical plant and equipment but intangibles like computer programs and patents.

技术进步意味着许多公司最具生产力的资产现在不是他们的实体厂房和设备，而是计算机程序和专利等无形资产。

Those students are now productive assets in our community, and this is what our communities, our businesses and our institutions need to get ready for now.

这些学生现在是我们社区的生产资产，这就是我们的社区、我们的企业和我们的机构现在需要为此做好准备。