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compass/ 指南针/ (zhǐnánzhēn)
A: Do you know when the compass was invented?
你知道指南针是什么时候发明的吗？
(nǐ zhīdào zhǐnánzhēn shì shenme shíhòu fāmínɡ de ma?)
B: I'm not quite sure, but it seems to be more than 2,000 years ago.
我不太清楚,好像是两千多年前吧。
(wǒ bùtài qīnɡchǔ, hǎoxiànɡshì liǎnɡqiān duōnián qián bā.)
A: Right. More than 2,000 years ago, Chinese invented and created the world's earliest compass.
没错,就是在两千多年前,中国人就已经发明创造出世界上最早的指南针了。
(méicuò, jiùshì zài liǎnɡqiān duōnián qián, zhōnɡɡuórén jiù yǐjīnɡ fāmínɡ chuànɡzào chū shìjièshànɡ zuìzǎode zhǐnánzhēn le.)
B: I also know that by the Song Dynasty, this invention was commonly used for ship navigation.
我还知道,在宋朝的时候,这项发明被广泛应用于航海。
(wǒ hái zhīdào, zài sònɡcháode shíhòu, zhèxiànɡ fāmínɡ bèi ɡuǎnɡfàn yīnɡyònɡyú hánɡhǎi.)
A: Yup, not just this, later the compass made its way to Europe, greatly improving the development of the European shipping industry.
是的,不仅如此,后来指南针传入欧洲,极大地推动了欧洲航海的发展。
(shìde, bùjǐn rúcǐ, hòulái zhǐnánzhēn chuánrù ōuzhōu, jídàde tuīdònɡle ōuzhōu hánɡhǎi de fāzhǎn.)
B: Nowadays, the compasses rarely appear in people's daily lives. The rapid development of technology has made maps on cellphones much more common.
现在,指南针已经很少出现在人们的日常生活当中了。科技的高速发展,让手机地图更加普遍。
(xiànzài, zhǐnánzhēn yǐjīnɡ hěnshǎo chūxiàn zài rénménde rìchánɡ shēnɡhuó dānɡzhōnɡ le.kējìde ɡāosù fāzhǎn, rànɡ shǒujī dìtú ɡènɡjiā pǔbiàn.)
compass/ 指南针/ (zhǐnánzhēn)
A: Do you know when the compass was invented?
你知道指南针是什么时候发明的吗？
(nǐ zhīdào zhǐnánzhēn shì shenme shíhòu fāmínɡ de ma?)
B: I'm not quite sure, but it seems to be more than 2,000 years ago.
我不太清楚,好像是两千多年前吧。
(wǒ bùtài qīnɡchǔ, hǎoxiànɡshì liǎnɡqiān duōnián qián bā.)
A: Right. More than 2,000 years ago, Chinese invented and created the world's earliest compass.
没错,就是在两千多年前,中国人就已经发明创造出世界上最早的指南针了。
(méicuò, jiùshì zài liǎnɡqiān duōnián qián, zhōnɡɡuórén jiù yǐjīnɡ fāmínɡ chuànɡzào chū shìjièshànɡ zuìzǎode zhǐnánzhēn le.)
B: I also know that by the Song Dynasty, this invention was commonly used for ship navigation.
我还知道,在宋朝的时候,这项发明被广泛应用于航海。
(wǒ hái zhīdào, zài sònɡcháode shíhòu, zhèxiànɡ fāmínɡ bèi ɡuǎnɡfàn yīnɡyònɡyú hánɡhǎi.)
A: Yup, not just this, later the compass made its way to Europe, greatly improving the development of the European shipping industry.
是的,不仅如此,后来指南针传入欧洲,极大地推动了欧洲航海的发展。
(shìde, bùjǐn rúcǐ, hòulái zhǐnánzhēn chuánrù ōuzhōu, jídàde tuīdònɡle ōuzhōu hánɡhǎi de fāzhǎn.)
B: Nowadays, the compasses rarely appear in people's daily lives. The rapid development of technology has made maps on cellphones much more common.
现在,指南针已经很少出现在人们的日常生活当中了。科技的高速发展,让手机地图更加普遍。
(xiànzài, zhǐnánzhēn yǐjīnɡ hěnshǎo chūxiàn zài rénménde rìchánɡ shēnɡhuó dānɡzhōnɡ le.kējìde ɡāosù fāzhǎn, rànɡ shǒujī dìtú ɡènɡjiā pǔbiàn.)
Illustration: Liu Xidan/Global Times
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