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M: Hello, Ivan.
男：你好，伊萬。
W: Hello, Bob.
女：你好，鮑勃。
M: You know, today is a very special day.
男：你知道，今天是個特別的日子。
M: That's the 20th anniversary of the World Wide Web.
男：今天是萬維網誕生20周年。
W: Ah, the World Wide Web.
女：啊，萬維網。
W: It's really changed our lives, and ... and in such a short space of time.
女：它真的改變了我們的生活，而且……時間很短。
M: En. definitely.
男：嗯，確實如此。
M: Now do you know on average how long does someone spend surfing the net each day?
男：你知道現在大家平均每天有多少個小時在上網嗎？
W: En ... honestly I do not know.
女：嗯……老實說我不知道。
W: But I guess people must spend a lot of time on things like Facebook.
女：但是我想在Facebook之類的東西上，人們一定花了很多時間。
M: That's true.
男：那是肯定的。
W: And I'm sure almost everyone uses the Internet now.
女：我敢肯定現在幾乎每個人都在使用互聯網。
W: But I wonder how we cope without it.
女：但我納悶如果沒有它我們該怎么辦。
M: Well, it might it be a bit difficult without it.
男：嗯，沒有它可能會有點麻煩。
W: I guess so.
女：我猜也是。
W: For instance, some people need it for social relationships.
女：例如，有些人需要互聯網維持社交關系。
M: Yes, especially those who are far away.
男：是的，尤其是那些離得很遠的人。
M: Keeping in contact with friends and family would be impossible without the Internet.
男：如果沒有互聯網，與朋友和家人保持聯系，幾乎是不可能的。
W: But are there people who would cope without the Internet?
女：但是沒有了互聯網，真的沒人能和親友保持聯系了嗎？
M: Yes, there are.
男：有的。
M: These people have some alternatives.
男：他們有其他的方式。
W: What kind?
女：什么？
M: For example, we could write to each other like we used to before we have the Internet.
男：比如說，我們可以像以前還沒有互聯網時那樣，給對方寫信。
M: It would be lovely to get more handwritten letters from friends and family rather than just emails, I think.
男：我認為，從朋友和家人那里收到手寫的來信比電子郵件要溫暖得多。
W: That's what we call snail mail. But, of course, lots more paper would mean that we need bigger file cabinets.
女：就是我們所說的“蝸牛郵件”。但是，當然，紙越來越多，我們就需要更大的文件柜。
M: Yes. Well, it's still incredible how the World Wide Web has expanded in 20 years and how much we now rely on it.
男：是的。然而，20年來萬維網的發展仍然令人難以置信，我們現在對萬維網的依賴也是如此。
M: I wonder what it will be like after another 20 years.
男：我想知道再過20年會是什么樣子。
W: Well, for better or worse, the web will have greater impact on our life and society.
女：嗯，無論好壞，網絡將對我們的生活和社會都會產生更大的影響。
