The government gave a patent to Edward J.Claghorn of New York City so that others would not copy his invention.

VOA: special.2010.02.09

That's another invention of the 1600s, by the way-- the thermometer. And they learned that concept-- perfectly natural to us--temperature.

顺便说一下,温度计也是十七世纪的发明,那时候的人才刚刚开始理解温度的概念,虽然对我们来说这是个很自然的概念

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so that if you come up with some amazing invention, you have to be able to tell all the people about it.

这样如果你要是有了什么了不起的发明，你要能够把它告诉别人。

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A patent forbids others from copying an invention and makes the invention valuable in the world of business.

VOA: special.2009.05.13

So a hundred years really before the invention of Game Theory, someone had figured out this answer for this game.

一百多年前博弈论还没有诞生呢,那时就有人解除了这个博弈的答案

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His invention contained a cloth strap that was placed across the chest and another strap across the hips.

VOA: special.2010.02.09

It's a new form of monetary policya new invention which we've been doing only for a matter of months now.

这是一种新的货币政策形式一个新的发明,我们刚刚采用了几个月而已。

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University of Virginia professor Jim Galloway calls synthetic nitrogen fertilizer a "wonderful invention" because it increased food production.

VOA: special.2011.04.05

It's an invention of a barbarous age which a blind and ignorant population will accept only to its own vexation, hindrance, and constraint.

它是只有蛮荒时代愚昧无知的人们才会接受,以自寻烦恼，阻碍，和限制的。

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Mike Henry has sold his invention to hundreds of people, mainly small farmers who also hold other jobs -- just as he does.

VOA: special.2010.07.20

This was an interesting new invention of a new piece of technology.

这是一项很有意思的发明,是一项新技术。

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The question was whether a business method is enough of an invention to receive a patent.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

His view is man was happy and good before the invention of society, which society corrupts man and takes away from him his happiness.

他认为在社会形成以前,人类是幸福快乐的,社会使人类堕落并剥夺了人们的幸福

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And, because we are a history museum, they fit directly into our interest in things relating to industry and things relating to invention and innovation."

VOA: special.2011.06.21

One of the great discoveries in television and movies was the invention of the laugh track.

电视界和电影界一个很有趣的发现就是,发明了笑声音轨。

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The United States first recognized the invention of an automobile seat belt in eighteen forty-nine.

VOA: special.2010.02.09

Another example. This captured my imagination-- when I was a kid, my dad told me about the invention of the chess game-- some of you know the story.

另一个例子，这个例子捕获了我的想象力-,在我小时，父亲给我讲象棋游戏的由来-,有些人可能知道这个故事。

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Now, the Smithsonian Institution owns the only remaining example of Mr. Fulton's unusual invention.

VOA: special.2009.01.14

He comments about automobiles. What he suggested is that the new invention is worthless. It's really a great line that touch our hearts. It's true that automobiles carry people flow but really humanity in society might actually be moving backwards.

他评论汽车，他表达的意思是,这个新发明是没有价值的,这真是一句触动人心的话,汽车确实载着人们去往各处,但是社会中的人性事实上却好似在倒退。

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In eighteen seventy-three, Strauss and Davis received a patent to officially own this invention.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

Another thing is that, when once an invention is made, it tends to be copied all over the world.

另外，一旦一个发明诞生，它就会被模仿并应用于世界各地。

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But he probably is best known for another invention -- the geodesic dome.

VOA: special.2010.05.30

There are really three themes to today's lecture: a risk theme, a framing theme, and an invention theme.

今天的课有三个主题：,风险，框架效应及发明。

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Skyscrapers represent modernity,power, and the expanding boundaries of human invention and new technology.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

It is as close as you could find in science to a solitary invention.

就像是一个科学发明的专利享有者。

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Another invention earned Robert Fulton a special place in aviation history.

VOA: special.2009.01.14

That's amazing, you can get atoms to smash atoms and create a chain reaction and create power-- that's a pretty amazing invention.

很惊人，你可以利用原子去做加速粒子,并产生连锁反应，然后创造能量-,那是个十分惊人的发明。

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His most famous invention was the vacuum tube,or electron tube.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

I stressed in the third lecture that like any--insurance, like any other risk management device, is an invention.

在第三次课上我已经强调过了,保险和其它风险管理工具一样,是一种发明

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It is very interesting to me because it's a discrete invention that happened in a point of time in response to information technology.

我觉得很有意思,因为它由许多组成部分构成,这些部分组合在了一起,而且都和信息技术有关。

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