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。
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。
Some inventions are truly useful and will undoubtedly save lives, whereas others are so bizarre that one wonders how in the world they got patented.
某些发明确实有用,关键时刻总能救人一命,另一些发明却诡异得让人怀疑它们是怎么拿到专利的。
.. 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。
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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