There were not as many vulnerable electrical items then, but it did knock out telegraph services, even burning down some telegraph stations, he said.

当时还没发明这么多这么脆弱的电器设备，但风暴切断了通讯，甚至烧坏了一些信号站的设施。

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And then finally there comes a knock on the door and you open it up and you realize that something different is finally going to happen.

最终敲门声响了，你打开门，意识到变数终于发生了。

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Then there came a knock on the town-gate, and the old king went and open it.

这时，城堡的大门传来敲门的声音，于是老国王走过去打开它。

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What you have done is create an argument that neither of the voices you cited actually hold and then try to knock it down.

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If Nokia can keep riding the fashion trends, then it will be hard for Microsoft to knock it down.

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And then it loses its dominance as competitors knock off its software and distribute it to a pack of fast-moving hardware specialists.

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