1. Advertising has played a large part in the growth of tourism, when hotels and travel agencies began to advertise the attractions of different tourist areas, the airlines and other transportation companies advertised the low fares to reach them.
    广告业对旅游业的发展起了很大作用。当旅馆和旅行社做旅游胜地的广告时，航空公司和其它运输公司就做开了到达这些地方的便宜票的广告。

2. Years ago, any open field, any vacant lot, any group of trees -- these were the places where children played.
    几年以前，任何开阔的地方、任何空地、任何树丛都是孩子们玩耍的地方。

3. Modern means of transportation, communication, advertising and credit have all played a part in the growth of a giant new industry, tourism.
    现代交通、通信、广告以及信用手段对新兴的庞大的行业——旅游业的发展起到了作用。

4. John Dewey has said in all seriousness that the part played by custom in shaping the behaviour of the individual, as against any way in which he can affect traditional custom,
    约翰.杜威曾经非常严肃地指出：风俗在形成个人行为方面所起的作用和一个对风俗的任何影响相比，

5. Certainly industry has played a significant role in destroying natural areas, generating pollution and using up resources.
    在破坏自然环境、制造污染和消耗能源方面，工业固然起了主要作用，但是我们才是授意者：

6. Over the next two decades, IIT graduates — educated at the expense of Indian taxpayers — played a major role in founding California's Silicon Valley.
    在接下来的20年中，印度技术学院的毕业生们——那些用印度纳税人的钱培养出来的毕业生——却在加利福尼亚硅谷的创建过程中发挥了主要作用。