Crossing Tripoli used to take 20 minutes; it can now take two hours.

开车穿越黎波里以前只需要20分钟，如今可能需要两个小时。

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The automatic washing-machine might give it a close run in countries where it is commonplace, by freeing women from an activity that used to take many hours a week.

在洗衣机普遍使用的国家，洗衣机的功效与避孕药不相上下：妇女们就不必每周再花把个小时洗衣服了。

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That's right! We can flight from one country to another in a few hours. But it used to take months to go from one country to another.

对的！现在我们可以几个小时之内就从一个国家飞到另外一个国家了。过去可能需要花费几个月的时间才能从一个国家旅行到另一个国家。

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It used to take ten hours to drive from Araria to Patna, a distance of about 350km (220 miles).

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