Some inventions, such as the telephone, make it unnecessary for people to meet face-to-face.

有些发明，例如电话，使得人们不需要面对面交谈。

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I am an impoverished farmers, I want to make some inventions, as Chinese national industry as a contribution.

我是一个一穷二白的农民，想搞一些发明创造，为中国的民族工业做一点贡献。

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Some inventions are like that. Someone thinks of a new way to use something that has been around for a long time.

有些发明就是这样被创造出来的。有些人会想出新办法来使身边闲置很久的东西得以利用。

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.. I wanted to just give some-- often the inventions that occur in finance, they seem in a way obvious.

我想说一些-,在金融领域常见的发明，从某种程度上来看，他们是很显见的。

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Some of the important figures-- there had to be certain inventions to make it work.

一些重要人物以及,重要的创新推动了保险的发展

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Some great inventions began in humble surroundings - think Bill Gates and Steve Jobs toiling in their garages - so I'm not being critical.

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We've also been keeping an eye on some impressive new inventions from around the world.

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Some of his inventions from that time, including an object-oriented programming language called Smalltalk, went into Croquet.

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