The internet, while being possibly the greatest invention of my lifetime, is also (like the great inventions of the printing press, wireless and television before it) a means of purveying rubbish.

互联网可能是我这一生中见到的最伟大的发明，也是垃圾供应源（如同其他伟大发明一样，比如之前的出版社、无线电和电视）。

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The time between the wars - the great war and WW2 was one of great loss and uncertainty, but also one of invention, creativity and new ideas.

两次世界大战之间的年代虽时局动荡损失巨大，但却是充满发明、创造和新思想。

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In fact, every great invention, is the crystallization of wisdom of the scientists, which includes their sweat and effort.

其实，每一项重大发明，都是科学家们智慧的结晶，里面包涵着他们的汗水和心血。

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One of the great discoveries in television and movies was the invention of the laugh track.

电视界和电影界一个很有趣的发现就是,发明了笑声音轨。

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Then came the invention of a vaccine by Jonas Salk, one of the great medical breakthroughs of the 20th century.

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"Some of the great places of invention were the old industrial research labs, " says Arthur Molella, director of the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.

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Prisoners live the old adage that necessity is the mother of invention, and they are living proof that great inspiration depends on some desperation.

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