The cinema did not emerge as a form of mass consumption until its technology evolved from the initial "peepshow" format to the point where images were projected on a screen in a darkened theater.

电影播放技术由最初的“西洋镜”的形式演变而来，直到其发展到一个时期；在这个时期中，影像被投影到幽暗的影院屏幕之上，电影才作为一种大众消费的形式而出现。

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Outright contractions in retail sales in March and April point to a renewed decline of at least 1% in real consumption in the current quarter.

三月和四月零售销售额的大幅紧缩代表了这一季在实际消费上至少有1%的重新下跌.

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Apple made a point at their keynote that the iPad 2 is a consumption device as well as a creation device showing demos of Garage Band and iMovie, both being extremely impressive.

苹果在发布会上指出，iPad 2是一款消费设备，也是一款创作设备，利用它演示Garage Band及iMovie，让人印象极为深刻。

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Unlike traditional "centralized" systems, distributed energy relies on small power-generating technologies like solar panels or ultra-efficient natural-gas turbines built near the point of energy consumption to supplement or displace grid-distributed electricity.

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Assuming extra investment increases output by progressively smaller amounts as the capital stock expands, then at some point extra investment will reduce, not increase, the long-run sustainable level of consumption.

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Luckily, with advances in technology and analytics, for the first time media companies have an opportunity to get their arms around the problem of corporate-wide rights management thanks to integrated solutions which manage the content from point of consumption all the way through to royalty and partner payments to invoicing the end customer.

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