You could have a face-to-face meeting across the world. And with automatic translation, you can talk to them even though they don't speak your language.

你可以跨越空间进行一场面对面的会议，而有了自动翻译，你可以和那些跟你操不同语言的人进行交流。

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Whether you're using your cell phone or Yahoo!, text and instant messaging means you don't have to talk face to face (or even voice to voice) with anyone who will text you back.

无论你是不是在使用你的手机或者雅虎文本和其他的即时通讯手段，你不是非要面对面的(或者甚至是声音对声音)的与任何那些将会给你回信的人交流。

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“Come to us, ” said their leader, a clerk in a large flour-mill, “and we will show you spirits who will talk to you face to face, and in shapes as solid and heavy as our own.”

“来吧，”身为一家大磨坊职员的领头人说，“我们将让你看到和你面对面交谈的神灵，它们的形状如同我们一样真真切切、实实在在。”

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