画一个简单的图样，让我们看看你发明的东西是怎样的。

Draw out a basic diagram of what your invention will look like.

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你们可以看看教科书后面的时间表，看看不同文化背景下同一时间发明的东西，就知道我所说的了。

You can look at the timeline charts in the back of your textbook to see when things were invented in different cultures at about the same time to see what I'm talking about.

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即使在当下最极简主义的客厅里都会包含两样工匠们发明的东西：沙发和休闲桌。

Even the most minimalist living room today includes two pieces that these craftsmen invented: the sofa and the occasional table.

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The kinds of things that are going to be invented over the next several years is just to me outstanding, and particularly for somebody who's got skills in software.

在接下来的数十年里要被发明出的东西,真是令人望而生叹，尤其对于有软件才能的人来说。

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Then from these beginnings, engineers transformed life in the twentieth century: a lot of things started in the twentieth century and became common place.

从此开始,工程师们改变了二十世纪的生活,有很多东西在二十世纪发明并得到普及

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Although, I said, insurance was effectively discovered or invented in the 1600s, it has been slow to grow because they didn't have the well-defined-- all of the inventions yet.

尽管我说过，保险实际上,是在17世纪的时候被发现或者发明的，但它的发展非常缓慢,因为人们无法确切定义-,这种被发明出的东西。

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