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People knew how to press blocks of wood,

此前人们只知道怎样从木块上印刷

but his innovation was to turn into an industrial process.

但他的发明将印刷术向工业进程化方向转变

Manufacture books. No one had ever done that before.

此前从未有人做过印制书籍这些事

A goldsmith by trade, he carves letters in metal

一个金匠把字母刻在活字合金上

That can be moved around and rearranged.

它们可以四处移动 重新排列

An infinite variety of words and sentences.

这样就可组成无数个不同的单词和句子

To print the text, a modified wine press.

用来印刷文章的 是一部改造过的酒榨机

He's been working on his invention for over a decade,

他花了十多年来研究自己的发明

But now he has run out of money.

但后来他资金枯竭

He persuades a wealthy businessman To see the press in action

于是他说服一个富有的商人 来参观活字印刷的运行

And invest in it, if it really works.

如果成功了 就向其投资

Once you lined up that type on that page,

只要排好了那一页

one person could print off a dozen pages or a thousand pages, it didn't matter.

一个人就能印刷一打纸 甚至一千张 但那不重要

The Information Age begins here.

信息时代由此开始

重点讲解

1、innovation

新事物;新方法

The vegetarian burger was an innovation which was rapidly exported to Britain.

素食汉堡是一种迅速传到了英国的新开发食品。

the transformation wrought by the technological innovations of the industrial age.

由工业时代的新技术方法促成的变化

革新;创新;改革

We must promote originality and encourage innovation.

我们必须提倡创意,鼓励革新。

2、infinite

极多的;极度的

an infinite variety of landscapes.

变化万千的风景

With infinite care, John shifted position.

约翰小心翼翼地挪动了位置。

无限的;无穷的;无边的

an infinite number of atoms.

无穷多的原子

Obviously, no company has infinite resources.

显然,没有哪个公司的资源是无限的。

3、run out

用完;耗尽

They have run out of ideas.

他们已经想不出任何办法了。

We're running out of time.

我们快没有时间了。

(法律文件)到期，失效

When the lease ran out the family moved to Campigny.

租约到期后，这家人搬到了坎皮格尼。

the day my visa ran out.

我的签证的到期日