Chinese appliance giant Haier will buy Panasonic's Sanyo Electric washing machine and refrigerator units in Japan and Southeast Asia.

中国家用电器巨头海尔将收购松下旗下的三洋电机在日本和东南亚的洗衣机、冰箱企业。

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The arum was turned by hand, and needed a lot of effort. Eight years passed before someone producer an electric washing machine. The world had to wait even longer for a machine to dry clothes.

该转桶是用手来转的，而且很费力，八年后才有人发明了电动的洗衣机，很长时间之后才有了干衣机，有人生产者的电动洗衣机。

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You'll blow a fuse if you try and plug the washing machine and the electric heater into the same socket.

假如你试图把洗衣机和电热器插在同一个插座，你将会烧断保险丝。

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Who, for example, can name the inventor of the hair-dryer (Chester Beach), the electric washing machine (Alva Fisher) or the ice lolly (Frank Epperson)?

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