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Activity 1b Listen and match the inventions with the dates.
活動1b 聽力，請將發(fā)明與日期配對。
Life must have been difficult when you were a kid.
你小的時候生活一定非常艱苦。
Oh, not really. Why do you say that?
不是，你為什么這么說？
Well, you didn't have many modern inventions.
因?yàn)楫?dāng)時沒有現(xiàn)代發(fā)明。
Like, you probably didn't have a telephone, right?
當(dāng)時的生活沒有電話，對嗎？
Of course we did!
我們當(dāng)然有！
How old do you think I am?
你認(rèn)為我多大了？
The telephone was invented in 1876.
電話的發(fā)明時間是1876年。
How about cars? I bet cars weren't invented yet.
汽車呢？我猜轎車還沒有發(fā)明出來。
Sure they were. Cars were invented in 1885.
已經(jīng)發(fā)明了轎車。轎車的發(fā)明時間是1885年。
My family had a car.
我們家有一輛轎車。
I think you need to take a history class, Alice.
愛麗絲，我想你應(yīng)該去上歷史課。
Ha, ha! Well, did you have a TV?
好吧，當(dāng)時有電視嗎？
No, we didn't.
我們沒有。
The TV was invented around 1927, I think.
我想電視是在1927年左右發(fā)明的。
Some friends of mine had one.
我的許多朋友都有電視。
But in those days, TVs were really expensive,and we couldn't afford one.
但是在當(dāng)時，電視非常貴，很難買得起。
And I bet you didn't have calculators and computers and stuff.
我想當(dāng)時一定沒有計(jì)算器和電腦。
That's something I do know.
我知道這些東西。
We learned in school that handheld calculators were invented in 1971 and personal computers were invented in 1976.
我們在學(xué)校學(xué)了，手持計(jì)算器是在1971年發(fā)明的，個人電腦是在1976年發(fā)明的。
You're right.
對。
I didn't have those things when I was young.
我小的時候沒有這些東西。
But I do now!
但是我們現(xiàn)在有！
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