1、20世紀(jì)20年代末和30年代初，美國(guó)人斐洛法恩斯沃斯在電視的研發(fā)上取得了重大突破 An American, Philo Farnsworth, made important breakthroughs in the development of TV in the late1920s and early 1930s.,衛(wèi)星讓遠(yuǎn)距離直播電視節(jié)目成為可能，大家在同一時(shí)間可以收到相同的電視節(jié)目 Satellites allow TV to be broadcast live over long distances, with everyone receiving the same broadcast

2、 at the same time.,技術(shù)變革快得大多數(shù)人難以跟上 Technology is now changing faster than most people can keep pace with. 然后，他們投票決定是否要接受它 They then vote on whether they will accept it.,阿曼門(mén)諾派教徒拒絕汽車(chē)，因?yàn)樗麄兿矚g享有關(guān)系緊密的社區(qū) The Amish reject cars because they like having tight communities where everyone lives close together.,由于

3、阿曼門(mén)諾派教徒重視彼此面對(duì)面地交往，他們反對(duì)在住宅里裝電話。 Since the Amish value seeing each other face to face, they oppose having telephones in their houses.,還有，當(dāng)你專(zhuān)注地看一本書(shū)或者只想休息時(shí)，電話似乎總是響個(gè)不停，打破了你本來(lái)可以享有的一切安寧。 Then, when you are absorbed in a book or simply trying to rest, the phone always seems to be ringing, destroying whateve

4、r peace you might have.,如果來(lái)電真的是沒(méi)什么事，那么它為什么如此重要以至于打斷你們的交談，并浪費(fèi)你們的寶貴時(shí)間呢？ If the call was really about nothing, then why was it so important as to interrupt your conversation and waste your precious time?,他們過(guò)著非常平靜而穩(wěn)定的生活，因?yàn)樗麄兛粗厣鐓^(qū)和寧?kù)o生活，并視其高于其他的一切 They have very calm and stable lives because they value com

5、munity and living in peace above all else.,因?yàn)閾?dān)心大多數(shù)人投票反對(duì)他，臉上總是流露出微笑 Fearing that most of the citizens voted against him, he wore a smile.,如果你希望在一家電臺(tái)工作，你該與誰(shuí)取得聯(lián)系 無(wú)論你去哪里，請(qǐng)與我保持聯(lián)系 我與大學(xué)時(shí)代的大多數(shù)朋友已經(jīng)失去了聯(lián)系 Their leaders have losttouchwith what is happening in the country 他們的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人不再了解該國(guó)正發(fā)生的一切。 If youlose touch wit

6、hsomething, you no longer have the latest news or information about it. 不再了解最新情況(或信息),他試圖和他們聯(lián)系,但未成功. Heattemptedtoget intouchwiththembutwithoutsuccess 我們大約有兩年沒(méi)有和他們聯(lián)系了 Wehavebeenoutoftouchwiththem forabouttwoyears.,在公共場(chǎng)所故意惹惱別人是不禮貌的。 這條河蜿蜒流向大海 The river winds down to the sea. 他的注意力被她的微笑吸引住了。 我們修理洗衣機(jī)花了半小時(shí)。 我剛要出