四大發明英語口語練習
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May: There are so many people that the tickets are all sold out!
Daniel: Luckily we got the last two.
May: Look, Danny. The Four Great Inventions!
Daniel: Gunpowder, compass, the paper making, and the printing.
May: I really admire those who made such great inventions!
Daniel: May, I don't see why they are great. They are just simple things.
May: They look simple today. But they were milestones in their times.
Daniel: Milestones? May, you must be kidding.
May: Just think Bill Gates, those inventions are as important as the Windows system.
Daniel: Well, I suppose the ancient inventors made a lot of money out of them.
May: No, quite the contrary.
Daniel: Why? Didn't you say that they were milestones?
May: Yes, but they went to the public without any patent protection.
Daniel: Well, their inventors were not as clever as Bill Gates.
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阿美：人太多了，票都賣完了。
丹尼爾：幸好我們買了最後兩張。
阿美：看，丹丹，四大發明!
丹尼爾：火藥、指南針、造紙術和印刷術。
阿美：我真崇拜這些偉大的發明者。
丹尼爾：阿美，我不明白有什麼偉大的。它們只是些很簡單的.東西啊。
阿美：它們今天看起來很簡單。但在它們那個時代卻是里程碑。
丹尼爾：里程碑?阿美，你在開玩笑吧。
阿美：想想比爾?蓋茨，那些發明的重要性不亞於Windows 作業系統。
丹尼爾：我想古代的發明家們肯定從它們身上賺了不少錢吧。
阿美：不，恰恰相反。
丹尼爾：為什麼?你不是說它們是里程碑嗎?
阿美：是啊，但是它們沒有任何專利保護就進入市場了。
丹尼爾：哦，它們的發明者可沒有比爾?蓋茨那麼聰明啊。
