The number of devices you can talk to is multiplying—first it was your phone, then your car, and now you can tell your kitchen appliance what to do.

你可以与之交谈的设备数量正在成倍增长，首先是你的手机，然后是你的汽车，现在你可以告诉你的厨房电器该做什么。

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Before we left, he put a note on the windshield of the car with his phone number on it.

在我们离开之前，他在汽车的挡风玻璃上贴了一张纸条，上面写着他的电话号码。

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Keep your insurance details ( your insurance number and phone of the company you are insured with) in the car.

在车里随时带着你的保险材料，包括投保号、投保公司的电话号码等等。

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In addition to knowing their cellular phone number, one could then learn the make and model of their car and perhaps their license plate number and perhaps their home address.

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