It's when everyday objects become connected to the Internet - taking us beyond the Social Web where people talk to each other, into a Web where things talk to each other (and us) as well.

物联网指的是我们的日常物品都与互联网连接在一起，它超越了人们赖以交流的社会化网络，将我们带进了一个物体相互(以及同人)交流的网络。

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That is why roads are tightly connected with the history of a particular region, as well as with people, walking and driving those roads.

这就是道路与走过、驶过它们的特定地域的历史、人物紧密相连的缘故。

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And for people enraged by the impunity of the well-connected, there was satisfaction this week at the uncovering of a huge match-fixing scam in Greek football.

神通广大的人有罪不罚的现象让人激愤，而本周希腊足球假球巨案的揭露让人感到满意。

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For all its rigidity, the Soviet Union offered some social mobility and a way for bright, politically ambitious or well-connected people from the provinces to rise to the top.

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Commentators in The Beijing News and Modern Express call on authorities to explain to a sceptical public how Xu Tao and other young people from well-connected families are able to zoom through the civil service with "rocket promotions".

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Many more people would have perished had Boston been targeted by a well-established international terrorist group connected to Al-Qaeda.

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