(单词翻译:单击)
Role-play the conversation.
分角色表演对话
Hey Roy, the subject for my school project is "Small inventions that changed the world".
嘿，罗伊，我们学校项目的主题是“改变世界的小发明”
Can you help me think of an invention?
你能帮我想一项发明吗？
My pleasure! Let me think... hmm... I know! The zipper!
很荣幸！让我想想…嗯…我知道了！拉链！
The zipper? Is it really such a great invention?
拉链？这真的是一项伟大的发明吗？
Think about how often it's used in our daily lives.
你想想看，在我们的日常生活中，它的使用多频繁啊。
You can see zippers on dresses, trousers, shoes, bags... almost everywhere!
你可以在连衣裙、裤子、鞋、包上面，几乎到处可以看到拉链！
Well, you do seem to have a point...
嗯，你看起来确实有想法……
Of course! I thought about it because I saw a website last week.
当然！我上周看到了一个网站所以我想到了它。
The pioneers of different inventions were listed there.
不同发明的创始者都被列在上面。
For example, it mentioned that the zipper was invented by Whitcomb Judson in 1893.
比如说，它提到拉链是在1893年被惠特科姆贾德森发明的。
But at that time, it wasn't used widely.
不过那时它并没有被广泛利用。
Really? So when did it become popular?
真的？那么它是什么时候流行起来的？
Around 1917.
大概是1971年。
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