Computers, the Internet, and communication devices are fundamental to financial progress and they make things possible that wouldn't have been possible before.

计算机,网络,通讯设备,是金融进步的基础,正是这些技术使得过去不可能的事情,如今变成了现实

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You could use the "I want to" pattern to express something much less practical as well.

你也可以用“I want to”句型来表达不太现实的事情。

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If some of the things they predict don't come true, the theory has to be disregarded and there are many, many, many counter examples to financial market efficiencies.

如果预测的一些事情并没有成为现实，那么这些理论就会被摒弃而且我们也有很多，很多，与金融市场有效论相反的例子。

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Last time, I invited you to think about life on the experience machine, where the scientists are busy stimulating your brain in such a way as to give you an exact replica, from the insides of what it would be like having identical experiences to the ones you would have if you were really doing-- well, whatever it is that's worth doing.

上节课，我要你们思考,体验机里的生活，科学家们用它刺激你的大脑,给你一份完美的体验复制品，从体验相同的经历,到体验在现实生活中-,值得做的事情。

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