The family is a social invention, and the task is to transform the living creature into a social one.

家庭是一项社会发明，其任务是将生物人转化为社会人。

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Before the invention of artificial light, the moon had greater social impact.

在人造光源发明之前，月亮对人类社会的影响更大。

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Before the invention of television, people spent their leisure time in more active and social pursuits.

在电视发明之前，人们会把空闲时间花在更积极的消遣和社会活动上。

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This invention of social security is well over one hundred years old, but I think that, because of the rapid advance of information technology, we're going to see a lot more progress.

社会保障的这种发明,已经经过了一百多年，但我觉得,由于信息技术的飞速发展，我们将会看到许多的进步。

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I'm not going to stress public finance so much in this course but it seems-- I'm going to give the example of nineteenth century information technology and the nineteenth century invention of social security.

在这课上我不想过多强调,财政的重要性-,我将给大家举个例子,关于19世纪的信息技术,和19世纪社会保障的创新。

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But the Nationalists' Mr Wishart argued that Britishness was an "invention and a social construct".

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Over the century and a half since the invention of modern, social welfare democracy, politicians have learned how to game the system.

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