We now spend almost half (45 per cent) of our waking hours consuming media, as computers and the Internet have become ever more embedded in our lives.

我们现在把将近一半(45%)醒着的时间用在媒体上，电脑和互联网更是成为我们生活中不能缺少的一部分。

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Moreover, testing tools for these applications seldom, if ever, automate the time-consuming task of validating the UI against a common set of standards.

此外，这类应用程序的测试工具很少能够自动执行针对公共标准集验证ui的任务，而这种任务很耗时间。

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American officials say no human cases of mad cow disease have ever resulted from consuming U.S. beef and that no infected cow has ever been known to enter the food supply.

美国官员说，尚未有人因为食用美国牛肉而患上疯牛病；而且目前也没有发现染病牛肉进入市场。

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It will be all-consuming and ever present.

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