1. But a single optical fiber with a diameter of less than half a millimeter can carry more information than a large cable made of copper wires.
    但是单单一根直径小于半毫米的光纤电缆就可以比由铜丝制成的粗电缆负载更多的信息。

2. Broadly speaking, however, the superhighway refers to the union of today's broadcasting, cable, video, telephone, and computer and semiconductor industries into one large all-connected industry.
    但广义地说，信息高速公路是指由今天的广播、电视、录像、电话、电脑、半导体等产业组合而成的一个互相关联的大产业。

3. They are laying a railroad track.
    他们正在铺设一条铁路轨道。

4. The truck used a cable to tow the car.
    卡车用缆索拖曳汽车。

5. Today people from the neighborhood, which is made up mostly of expensive one-family homes with the exception of the two apartment houses near the railroad station, find it difficult to explain why they didn't call the police.
    该住宅区的居民多住在豪华的独门独户别墅，只有火车站附近有两幢公寓楼。他们都感到很难解释自己当初为何没有报警。

6. The main causes of recent delays have been linking two very different railroad systems.
    近来工期拖延的主要原因，是要将两条不同的铁路系统连接起来。

7. That leaves private industry — computer, phone, and cable companies — to move into the vacuum left by the government's absence.
    这就使得私人企业 -- 电脑公司、电话公司、有线电视公司 -- 得以填补由于政府无法顾及所留下的空缺。

8. After repairs, the railroad is functional again.
    经过修理后铁路又开通了。

9. A new railroad has been recently built here.
    这里最近铺设了一条新铁路。

10. Actually, he lived a mile, or 20 minutes' walk, from his nearest neighbor; half a mile from the railroad; three hundred yards from a busy road.
    实际上，他最近的邻居离他只有一英里，走路也就20分钟；铁路离他半英里；交通繁忙的大路距他300码。

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