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课文及译文Telecommunication via Satellite ? At the beginning of the twentieth century, there were four powerful means of transmitting and receiving information over long distances: print, photography, telegraph and telephone. By the middle of the century, both radio and television had become established means of transmitting sounds and/or picture. In 1964, the Olympic Games in Tokyo became the first program to be transmitted via satellite. 卫星通信 　　20世纪初远程信息传递和接收有四种强有力的手段，它们是印刷、照相、电报和电话。到20世纪中期，无线电和电视都已成为无可争议的声像传送手段。1964年，东京奥运会成为第一个通过卫星传送的节目。? In order to transmit an event such as the Olympics via satellite, television signals are first changed into radio waves, which are then sent from a station on earth to a orbiting satellite. The satellite receives the radio waves and sends them back to earth, where another station picks them up and changes them back into television signals. Because any form of sound or visual information can be changed into radio waves, satellite are capable of transmitting not only television broadcasts, but telephone calls and printed materials such as books and magazines. 为了能通过卫星传送像奥运会这样的比赛项目，电视信号要先转换成无线电波，然后从某个地面发射站把无线电波送上轨道卫星。卫星收到无线电波之后，再把它们发回地球，由地球上的另一个地面站接收信号，并把它们转换回电视信号。因为任何形式的声音或图像信号都能变成无线电波，所以卫星不仅能传送电视广播节目，还可以传送电话和书籍、杂志一类的印刷品。? The combination of satellite, which transmit information, computers, which store information, and television, which displays information, will change every home into an education and entertainment center. In theory, every person will have access to an unlimited amount of information. 卫星能够传送信息、计算机能够存储信息和电视能够显示信息，把这三者结合起来就能使每个家庭成为教育和娱乐中心。从理论上说，每个人都能接触无限的信息量。? Another important use of telecommunication satellites was demonstrated in 1974 when the Teacher in Sky satellite transmitted educational programs to classes in remote areas of the United States. In 1975, many people in India saw television for the first time as they watched programs about agriculture and health. 1974年美国的“空中教师”卫星把教育节目传送到边远地区的课堂，这显示了通信卫星的另一个重要用途。1975