—计算机控制的马桶:位于加利福尼亚州威斯敏斯特的AquaOne技术公司,引进了一种内置芯片的马桶,当出现漏缝或开始溢水时,就会自动关闭加水。
Computerized commodes: AquaOne Technologies of Westminster, Calif., has introduced a toilet containing chips that automatically shut off the water when it springs a leak or starts to overflow.
早在1966年,随着计算机化的文字处理机(I.B.M.磁带式自动打印机)的出现,秘书们就开始担心机器会代替他们,他们不再需要因为漏打一个字母而重新再打一页。
As early as 1966, with the introduction of the first computerized word-processing system (I.B.M.’s Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter), secretaries were worrying that machines could replace them.
开始时,吹奏起来有些困难,那是因为有很多空气都从嘴边漏跑了。
It is hard to play harmonica at first because much air leaks from the side of the mouth.
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