I see the lines for phones and computers and marvel that my son would be so patient to wait in a line like that to connect with us when he was here in 2004.

我看到人们排着电话和电脑的长队，很惊讶我的儿子在2004年的时候能如此耐心地排队等着和我们联系。

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The Internet allows us to connect with old friends at a distance.

互联网让我们能够与远方的老朋友保持联系。

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Whatever our hobbies, the Internet can connect us with others who also enjoy doing them, even if they live on the other side of the world.

无论我们的爱好是什么，互联网都能把我们跟也喜欢做这些事的人联系起来，即使他们远在地球的另一边。

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For instance, in 2011, the country inked a deal with Venezuela for the construction of an underwater communications link, circumventing its need to connect with US-owned networks close to its shores.

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And while modernizing the physical and virtual networks that connect us will create private-sector jobs, they'll do so while making it possible for companies to more easily and effectively move their products across this country and around the world, and that will create more jobs.

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