Because motorists across America have started buying far more efficient motorcars, less fuel overall is being consumed.
因为全美的车主们开始购买更省油的汽车,总的来说,汽油的消耗量越来越少。
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But if the 20th century was distinguished by anything from its predecessors, that distinctive feature was physical technology, from motorcars and aeroplanes to computers and the Internet.
然而,如果我们非要从20世纪身上去寻找些闪光的东西,物理科技则首当其冲,从汽车飞机到电脑和互联网。
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They make the world go round by informing our purchasing decisions about houses, motorcars, mobile phones and many other bits of merchandise.