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Original CNN News Scripts English Next today there s a new project underway an undersea cable system that will connect South Africa with Southern Asia the Middle East and ultimately the rest of the world Though it will stretch for thousands of miles it will account for just the tiny part of the vast intricate network of underwater fiber cables that ships have been laying since the 1800s Where you re watching this video the United States Europe Asia it s a cliche to say we live in an interconnected world But duh we do And the global circulatory system that delivers 99 percent of international data from point A to points B through C and back again is made of fiber optic cable Unlike copper cables which transmit electrical energy fiber optic cables transmit light That makes them significantly faster and less susceptible to interference Fiber optics trumps satellites too They re cheaper they re faster and you don t get those delays Fiber optic cables are very deep underwater over 300 of them connect every continent not named Antarctica and laid end to end the 550 000 miles of cable would circle the earth 22 times And boy is that good for business Ecommerce isn t bound by borders An international stock trade can be executed in a flash You can video conference with colleagues in Florida or France of Fiji not a problem Take a ride on the global fiber optic network and offices wired with the fiber network allow for speedy data sharing So we here at CNN can send our videos from one edit sweep to another really fast And consider this thanks to fiber optic cables innovations aren t bound by bandwidth Remember trying to stream a video in the old days Brutal Do you think Netflix would even come to be with that kind of infrastructure I mean would you even be watching this video A mom in New York recently surprised her daughter at college by sneaking into a dorm room and snapping a selfie Looks great There s just a little problem The mom says Look where I am Where are you The daughter says Where s that I m in my dorm Then she writes Please tell me you re not in someone else s dorm And the mom promptly thought uh uh We see this happens all the time but it probably doesn t Hey at least the picture went viral Will this shut the dorm on future visits It was a mama s mistake 中文版 CNN 新闻手稿 翻译版 接下来我们关注现在正在进行的一项海底电缆新项目 它将南非同南亚 中东及 全世界连接起来 尽管可能会绵延数千英里 但同 18 世纪就已经开始的庞大复杂网络的水下光纤 电缆工程相比 这只是小巫见大巫 你看到的这段视频中出现的地方 美国 欧洲及亚洲 有一种有趣的说法是说我 们生活在互通的世界中 但我们的确如此 全球循环系统会将 99 的国际数据以光缆传播的方式从 A 点经 C 点传送至 B 点 而同只能传输电能的铜线缆不同的是 光缆可以传输光 而且其传播速度非常快 不易受干扰 而且光缆远胜过卫星 因为其价格更便宜 传输速度更快 而且不会延迟 超过 300 根埋于海底深处的光缆将除了南极洲外的各个大陆连接起来 并且最终 总长度达到 55 万英里的光缆能够绕地球 22 圈 那这会有益于商业发展吗 电子商务不存在国界之分 国际股票交易可以在转瞬之间完成 而且你也可以同位于佛罗里达 法国 斐济的同事进行视频会议 这一切都不是 问题 有了全球光纤网络 配有光纤网络连接的办公室就能够实现数据的飞速共享 因此现在我们在 CNN 中心能够很快将我们的视频快速发送到其他地方 再看看这个 得益于光缆 创意就会不受带宽的限制 记得以前想要流畅地观看一个视频的经历吗 真是不堪回首 你认为 Netflix 公司以后也会配备这样的基础设施吗 我的意思是 他们会看到这个视频吗 最近纽约的一位母亲希望偷偷溜进大学一间宿舍自拍给自己的女儿惊喜 看起来很好 只是其中发生了一点小问题 这位母亲说 看我在哪里 你在哪里 女儿说 在哪儿 我在我的宿舍里啊 然后 她回复道 请告诉我你不是在别人的宿舍吧 而后这位母亲才立即意识 到自己闹出了大乌龙 我们看到这样的尴尬情况一直发生 但这次可不会总发生 嘿 至少发布的照片火爆网络 这会导致未来人们来访时会关闭这间宿舍吗 这是一位母亲所犯下的错误 Analysis 重点讲解 超实用例句 1 account for 对对 负有责任负有责任 例句例句 Computers account for 5 of the country s commercial electricity consumption 计算机占去该国商业用电的 5 2 stretch for 延伸延伸 例句例句 The forests stretch for hundreds of miles 森林蔓延数百哩 3 all