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Every page printed in the last 500 years Owes a debt to Gutenberg's invention.

过去五百年间印刷的每一页纸 都应归功于古腾堡的发明

With an investment of 800 guilders,

耗资八百荷兰盾

The equivalent of over a million dollars,His printing press goes into production.

即相当于超过一百万美元的投资 他的印刷术投入了生产

He prints 180 copies of the Bible.

印制了一百八十本

Another six billion have been printed since

自此之后又有六十亿本印刷出版

Books can now be produced Two thousand times faster than before.

如今书籍的出版速度 比以前快了两千倍

20 million are printed in 50 years.

五十年间已印制了两千万本

As knowledge begins to spread,

知识随之开始普及

it becomes more within reach of ordinary people

普通人接触知识的程度

in ways we've never seen before in human history.

是人类史上前所未有的

All these parallels you hear to the Internet,

正如你们所熟知的互联网一样

that's a very good analogy.

这是个很恰当的类比

Now a book will inspire one man to strike out across the oceans

随后 有本书将鼓励一个人跨过大洋到达彼岸

And change the future of mankind.

并改变人类的未来

1476, off the coast of Portugal.

1476年 在葡萄牙沿岸

An Italian sailor shipwrecked and left for dead by pirates.

一个意大利水手被海盗袭击 遗弃海上

His name...Christopher Columbus.

他就是 克里斯托弗·哥伦布

重点讲解

1、investment

投资

He said the government must introduce tax incentives to encourage investment.

他说政府必须推出税收激励政策来鼓励投资。

One of the most important changes concerns the investment of pension contributions.

最重要的一个变化涉及养老保险基金的投资。

投资金额;投资物

an investment of twenty-eight million pounds.

2,800万英镑的投资金额

You'll be able to earn an average rate of return of 8% on your investments

你将能获得 8% 的平均投资收益率。

有用的投资物;值得买的东西

When selecting boots, fine, quality leather will be a wise investment.

在挑选长筒靴的时候,购买上等的好皮靴将是明智的选择。

A small-screen portable TV can be a good investment.

小屏幕的便携式电视机很值得买。

2、ordinary

平常的；普通的；一般的；平凡的

I strongly suspect that most ordinary people would agree with me.

我坚定地认为绝大部分老百姓会赞同我的观点。

It has 25 calories less than ordinary ice cream.

它所含热量比普通的冰激凌少了25卡路里。

平庸的；平淡无奇的

I'm just a very ordinary, boring normal guy.

我只是一个颇为平庸无趣的普通人。

Your life since then must have seemed very ordinary.

你的生活从那时起一定非常平淡无奇。

不寻常的；非凡的；特殊的

The boy's knowledge was out of the ordinary.

这个男孩懂得的知识非比寻常。

I've noticed nothing out of the ordinary.

我没注意到什么特别之处。