Writing—the art of preserving our ideas for the benefit of future generations, without which no progress is possible was invented only four thousand years ago.

文字——保存我们思想，为后代造福的艺术，缺少了它人类的任何进步都是没有可能的，但它的发明也只不过是在短暂的四千年之前。

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I founded the International Magicians Society in 1968 with the purpose of promoting and preserving the art of magic.

我公司创建于1968年，促进和维护国际魔术艺术的目的魔术师协会。

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Later, she learned the art of canning and preserving when she visited her grandparents' home in Buffalo, New York.

之后去纽约布法罗的祖父母家做客时，她学会了罐装及腌制工艺。

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art's blockbuster exhibition on the fashion designs of Alexander McQueen demonstrated the value of preserving fashion collections, prototypes and sketches, Mr. Guttman said.

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