英语导读1000句（三十八）

　　Section38 nbsp;Inventions

　　They say that the worldrsquo;s first great invention was the wheel.他们说世界上第一个最伟大的发明是轮子。

　　Perhaps we could argue that the discovery of fire was equally as important.也许，我们要说火的发明也一样重要。

　　Of course we donrsquo;t know who invented those.虽然，我们不知谁发明了这些。

　　But we do know about modern inventions.但我们确实知道这些现代的发明。

　　Alexander Graham Bell, Marconi and Faraday are all associated with inventions brought about as a result of electricity.亚历山大middot;Gmiddot;贝尔、马可尼和法拉第对电的发明都有贡献。

　　A Scotsman called Logie Baird is said to have invented the television.一位名叫贝尔德的苏格兰人发明了电视。

　　And that has greatly changed our lives.我们的生活从此发生了很大的变化。

　　What other inventions have changed our lives in a big way?还有什么发明使我们的生活有了很大改变呢?

　　Most of them probably.也许是大多数发明。

　　China is famous for its early inventions of printing, the compass, gun powder etc.中国古代的发明mdash;mdash;印刷术、指南针和火药，很早就闻名于世。

　　Modern inventions will probably change our lives as much as older ones.现代发明和古代发明一样改变了我们的生活。

　　The computer has already started to modify the way that we live.电脑已经开始改变了我们的生活方式。

　　Communication seems to be the most dramatically effected by modern inventions.通讯似乎是受现代发明影响最大的一种。

　　The fax machine, mobile phones and Internet are bringing new changes almost daily.传真机、移动电话和互联网每天都有变化。

　　Soon everyone will have a mobile phone that has easy access to the Internet.不久的将来，人们将轻松拥有可以上网的移动电话。

　　Then we can expect to see pictures of the people we are talking to on the phone.那时，我们就可以看见与我们通话人的图像。

　　Television, telephone and computer will all be built into one small handheld machine.电视、电话和电脑会被做成小型便携式机器。

　　And today these changes are happening faster than at any other time in our history.而现在，这些变化比历史上的任何时候都更快。