1. But all geographers agree that Asia was once linked to North America.
    但是地理学家一致认为，亚洲和北美洲曾经是连在一起的，

2. But before the Suez Canal was cut in 1869, Asia was also linked to Africa.
    而在这条苏伊士运河1869年开凿之前，亚洲与非洲也是连在一起的。

3. Women's survival, both physical and psychological, has been linked to their ability to please men.
    女人的生存，不论是生理的还是心理的，都与其取悦于男人的能力有关。

4. The closest thing to an information superhighway today is the Internet, the system of linked computer networks that allows up to 25 million people in 135 countries to exchange information.
    今天，与信息高速公路最接近的就是互联网，这是一个由电脑连接而成的网络系统，它使得135个国家多达2,500万的人能进行信息交换。

5. "If they had linked us to Spain, that would have been more use to us now, wouldn't it?" says one man from London.
    一个来自伦敦的人说："如果他们连接的是西班牙，那现在对我们肯定更有用处，对不对？"

6. Personal information gets harder to protect as more companies and government agencies build computerized databases (数据库) that are easily linked.
    随着更多的公司与政府机构建立了电脑管理的、可随时联网的数据库，个人信息更难保护了。

7. The worldwide system that enables us to communicate instantly with anyone in any part of the world by using computers linked to telephone networks.
    以便和世界上任何一个地方的人立即进行联系的一个世界范围的通讯系统--的发展。