Suddenly I felt like a Red Indian defending the use of good old smoke signals against the advance of the telephone.

突然我感觉自己像一个北美印第安人为古老的烽火信号辩护而拒绝使用先进的电话。

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The 38-year-old construction worker bought her ticket in advance because she feared heavy traffic later Wednesday.

这位38岁的建筑工人提前买好了车票，因为她担心星期三繁重的交通。

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Consider in advance what might happen if you're needed back in the old job - even temporarily.

事先思考如果公司需要你重新回到旧岗位上——哪怕只是临时性的——会发生什么事呢？

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This invention of social security is well over one hundred years old, but I think that, because of the rapid advance of information technology, we're going to see a lot more progress.

社会保障的这种发明,已经经过了一百多年，但我觉得,由于信息技术的飞速发展，我们将会看到许多的进步。

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Some subscribers got too busy, or too old, to commit in advance to five shows on specific dates.

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If the bill passes the House as well, it would end an old practice of allowing students to advance despite failing the test.

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In southern Europe, says Marco Ventura, a religious-law professor at the University of Siena, Catholics are now more worried about the perceived advance of Islam than about maintaining old entitlements for their faith.

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