1. But people are often reproached for unpunctuality when their only fault is cutting things fine.
    但有些人不准时常常因为掐钟点所致，他们常常受到责备，

2. Washing machines make housework easier.
    洗衣机减轻了家务劳动。

3. Will factory workers be entirely superseded by machines one day?
    工人将来能完全由机器取代吗?

4. This whole process by which machines can be used to work for us has been called automation.
    用机器来为我们工作的整个过程被称为“自动化”。

5. The boy was cutting a branch of a tree with his knife to make a cane.
    这个小男孩正在用一把小刀削一根树枝, 想做根手杖.

6. These machines have always been noted for reliability.
    这些机器一直以可靠着称。

7. These machines can be put to varied uses.
    这种机器可被用于各种用途。

8. These were the so-called mainframe machines.
    它们被称为主机。

9. Though these large machines still exist, many of their functions have been taken over by small powerful personal computers, commonly known as PCs.
    虽然这种大计算机仍然存在，但它们的许多功能已被体积小但功能齐全的个人电脑--即我们常说的PC机--所代替了。

10. The train cuts through infinite territory, most of it flat and boring, and it seems to me that the ceaseless rhythm of the wheels is like scissors cutting a three-thousand-mile rip through my life.
    列车飞快地穿过茫茫无际的大地——大部分土地平坦，但令人感到厌烦。对我来说，车轮不间断地发出的有节奏的声音就象一把剪刀，咔嚓咔嚓地在我的生命长河中剪出了一条长达 3.000 英里的口子。

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