It's pretty well known by now that the Internet, for all its world-flattening glory, is a destroyer of businesses without parallel.

众所周知，网络带着将世界扁平化的光辉，成为史无前例的“企业杀手”。

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Ben Schwartzwalder: I had a halftime speech all planned out. It seemed pretty good up till about 10 minutes ago. It was all about victory and champions and glory.

教练本：我本来想好了一个中场发言的，10分钟前看起来还非常不错，讲的都是胜利、冠军和荣耀。

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And before the afternoon was done, they had all managed to enjoy the sweet glory of spreading the fact that pretty soon the town would "hear something."

天刚擦黑，他们就已经在镇子里扬出话来，说人们很快就将“听到重大新闻”，如此这般以后，他们自是得意不已。

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