In an age of fast communication via telephone and computer, face-to-face meetings might seem like wasting our time and energy. However, they are still an important part of doing business.

在这样的一个电话与电脑为主要交流方式的时代中，面对面的会议似乎太浪费时间和精力，但在商务往来中仍然是一种重要形式。

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The invention of the telephone blew away all other methods of communication.

电话的发明超越了其他所有通信手段。

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The 'telephone team' had decided to use a conference call model to allow as much communication as possible.

“电话团队”的策略是使用电话会议模型来满足尽可能多的人参与沟通。

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This was very different from the communication between two people speaking to each other on a telephone.

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Notre Dame said the relationship between Te'o and the supposed girlfriend involved online and lengthy telephone communication.

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And the cost curve of the collection technology solar panels, small and large wind turbines, geothermal heat pumps, small hydro, tidal and wave technology, biomass converters is following the same cost curve dynamics as when we went from centralized mainframe computers to desktop computers and from centralized telephone communication to distributed cell phone networks.

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As far back as the telegraph and the telephone, communication technologies have played an important role in raising our awareness of the fact that we increasingly live and work within complex sociotechnical systems of our own creation.

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