Listening to young people talk about social networking as a new phenomenon is a bit like hearing people talk about a remake of a famous song from my youth as though it was the original version.

听现在的年轻人讲起社交网络这个新东西，就有点像我年轻的时候首次听别人讨论某首歌时就把它当做那首歌的原版了。

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Pi-nong, I will send you an old Tai-Dam song that is remake by a Thai singer.

贝侬，我要给你发一首由一个泰国歌手改编的黑傣古老民歌。

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Thepainting, of which several versions are extant (the above is an 18thcentury remake), is attributed to the Song Dynasty (960-1279) artistZhang Zeduan.

这幅画，其中有多个版本的现存（以上是18世纪重拍） ，缘由是宋（ 960-1279 ）艺术家章择短。

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The most important one was that record companies around the world kept suggesting that he remake the song in order to get to the hook faster, and in all case he resisted their suggestions.

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