Section38 nbsp;Inventions

　　They say that the worldrsquo;s first great invention was the wheel.他們說世界上第一個最偉大的發明是輪子。

　　Perhaps we could argue that the discovery of fire was equally as important.也許，我們要說火的發明也一樣重要。

　　Of course we donrsquo;t know who invented those.雖然，我們不知誰發明了這些。

　　But we do know about modern inventions.但我們確實知道這些現代的發明。

　　Alexander Graham Bell, Marconi and Faraday are all associated with inventions brought about as a result of electricity.亞歷山大middot;Gmiddot;貝爾、馬可尼和法拉第對電的發明都有貢獻。

　　A Scotsman called Logie Baird is said to have invented the television.一位名叫貝爾德的蘇格蘭人發明了電視。

　　And that has greatly changed our lives.我們的生活從此發生了很大的變化。

　　What other inventions have changed our lives in a big way?還有什么發明使我們的生活有了很大改變呢?

　　Most of them probably.也許是大多數發明。

　　China is famous for its early inventions of printing, the compass, gun powder etc.中國古代的發明mdash;mdash;印刷術、指南針和火藥，很早就聞名于世。

　　Modern inventions will probably change our lives as much as older ones.現代發明和古代發明一樣改變了我們的生活。

　　The computer has already started to modify the way that we live.電腦已經開始改變了我們的生活方式。

　　Communication seems to be the most dramatically effected by modern inventions.通訊似乎是受現代發明影響最大的一種。

　　The fax machine, mobile phones and Internet are bringing new changes almost daily.傳真機、移動電話和互聯網每天都有變化。

　　Soon everyone will have a mobile phone that has easy access to the Internet.不久的將來，人們將輕松擁有可以上網的移動電話。

　　Then we can expect to see pictures of the people we are talking to on the phone.那時，我們就可以看見與我們通話人的圖像。

　　Television, telephone and computer will all be built into one small handheld machine.電視、電話和電腦會被做成小型便攜式機器。

　　And today these changes are happening faster than at any other time in our history.而現在，這些變化比歷史上的任何時候都更快。

　　Section38 nbsp;Inventions

　　They say that the worldrsquo;s first great invention was the wheel.他們說世界上第一個最偉大的發明是輪子。

　　Perhaps we could argue that the discovery of fire was equally as important.也許，我們要說火的發明也一樣重要。

　　Of course we donrsquo;t know who invented those.雖然，我們不知誰發明了這些。

　　But we do know about modern inventions.但我們確實知道這些現代的發明。

　　Alexander Graham Bell, Marconi and Faraday are all associated with inventions brought about as a result of electricity.亞歷山大middot;Gmiddot;貝爾、馬可尼和法拉第對電的發明都有貢獻。

　　A Scotsman called Logie Baird is said to have invented the television.一位名叫貝爾德的蘇格蘭人發明了電視。

　　And that has greatly changed our lives.我們的生活從此發生了很大的變化。

　　What other inventions have changed our lives in a big way?還有什么發明使我們的生活有了很大改變呢?

　　Most of them probably.也許是大多數發明。

　　China is famous for its early inventions of printing, the compass, gun powder etc.中國古代的發明mdash;mdash;印刷術、指南針和火藥，很早就聞名于世。

　　Modern inventions will probably change our lives as much as older ones.現代發明和古代發明一樣改變了我們的生活。

　　The computer has already started to modify the way that we live.電腦已經開始改變了我們的生活方式。

　　Communication seems to be the most dramatically effected by modern inventions.通訊似乎是受現代發明影響最大的一種。

　　The fax machine, mobile phones and Internet are bringing new changes almost daily.傳真機、移動電話和互聯網每天都有變化。

　　Soon everyone will have a mobile phone that has easy access to the Internet.不久的將來，人們將輕松擁有可以上網的移動電話。

　　Then we can expect to see pictures of the people we are talking to on the phone.那時，我們就可以看見與我們通話人的圖像。

　　Television, telephone and computer will all be built into one small handheld machine.電視、電話和電腦會被做成小型便攜式機器。

　　And today these changes are happening faster than at any other time in our history.而現在，這些變化比歷史上的任何時候都更快。