《口语训练营》是原有的《趣味青春英语》的内容精编版，每期介绍一组对话。本期我们来学习[你觉得四大发明伟大吗？]，一起来看一下吧！

今天我们来聊聊四大发明，

看看我们的主持人都聊了什么呢？

来听今天的讲解:

A: What are The Four Great Inventions in ancient China?

中国的四大发明有哪些？

B: Gunpowder, compass, the paper making, and the printing.

火药、指南针、造纸术和印刷术。

A: I really admire those who made such great inventions!

我真崇拜这些伟大的发明者。

B: I don't see why they are great. They are just simple things.

我不明白有什么伟大的。它们只是些很简单的东西啊。

A: They look simple today. But they were milestones in their times.

它们今天看起来很简单。但在它们那个时代却是里程碑。

B: Milestones? You must be kidding.

里程碑?，你在开玩笑吧。

A: Just think Bill Gates, those inventions are as important as the windows system.

想想比尔.盖茨，那些发明的重要性不亚于Windows 操作系统。

B: Well, I suppose the ancient inventors made a lot of money out of them.

我想古代的发明家们肯定从它们身上赚了不少钱吧。

A: No, quite the contrary.

不，恰恰相反。

B: Why? Didn't you say that they were milestones?

为什么?你不是说它们是里程碑吗?

A: Yes, but they went to the public without any patent protection.

是啊，但是它们没有任何专利保护就进入市场了。

B: Well their inventors were not as clever as Bill Gates.

哦，它们的发明者可没有比尔.盖茨那么聪明啊。