Tap-tap went the stick against the stone; and again, tap-tap;

He has spent so long tap-tap-tapping on electronic gizmos of one kind or another that he has completely missed out on the skill of forming legible characters with his own hand.

他长久以来一直是“嗒嗒”地敲着一种或者其他的电子小装置以致他完全忘记了用自己的双手拼词组句的能力。

Savour the silence, if that's what nature serves up, or thrill to the tap-tap of the woodpecker.

如果这是大自然奉上的一份佳肴，给这份宁静加点作料吧，或是因为啄木鸟的叩击声而兴奋起来吧。

Savor the silence, if that's what nature serves up, or thrill to the tap-tap of the woodpecker.

如果大自然给你的是寂静，那就尽情享受吧，或者随着啄木鸟的啄啄声而兴奋吧。

Example: John always re-posts political messages on Facebook.

约翰总是在Facebook上转发政治信息。

His medical centre also has a Facebook page, a MySPace page and a Twitter feed.

他的医疗中心还有一个Facebook页面、一个MySPace页面和一个Twitter提要。

Online services like Facebook, Twitter and the like, are called out of manipula-tion — making products so good that people can't stop using them.

像脸书、推特等类似网络服务是应运而生的操纵大师，这些产品如此完美，让人们欲罢不能。

Social Media like Facebook and Twitter have provided a space for slacktivism to exist.

Facebook和Twitter这样的社交媒体孕育了懒人行动主义。

Yet underlying all of this is a simple dynamic: Apple, Google, Facebook and other companies hold most of the cards in this confrontation.

然而，这一切的背后有一个简单的动因：苹果、谷歌、脸谱网及其他公司在这场争夺战中掌握着大部分的主动权。

He also won praise from social media users after Mr ． Anderson posted about the act of kindness on Facebook ．

安德森在Facebook上发布了这一善举后,他也赢得了社交媒体用户的赞扬。

Some of your new co-workers or even your new boss might want to be your Facebook friend.

一些新同事甚至新领导可能想要加你为好友。

While companies like Facebook harvest attention to generate revenue from advertisers, other technologies have no such agenda.

尽管像脸书这类公司获得了网民的关注，从广告商那里产生了收益，但是其他的技术却没有此种计划。

The two also like sharing their travel stories on Facebook.

两人还喜欢在Facebook上分享他们的旅行故事。

If only she was as good looking in real life, as she was in her Facebook photos.

要是她真人和她Facebook上的照片一样好看就好了。

Training sets like the ones Google and Facebook have are private.

而像谷歌和脸书拥有的那些训练集是私有的。

I posted myself owling on Facebook and got many likes from my friends!

我把我做“猫头鹰蹲”的照片放到Facebook上，得了好多个“赞”呢！

Next iphone comes out--enter Facebook post.

又一个iPhone也被拿出来，进入Facebook页面。

Affected users can exchange their plug at their local Apple store or request a replacement via the website.

用户可以在当地苹果公司零售店更换插头转换器，也可以选择在官网申请更换。

You can install other software on it, you don't have to use the Apple Store, you can use third party stores.

你可以在上面安装其他的软件，你不需要使用苹果原装软件，可以使用第三方的软件。

Less amply rewarded are the 30,000 Apple store employees who make as little as$ 25,000 a year.

没有获得充分回报的是苹果零售店的3万名雇员，他们的薪水低到只有25000美元/年。

Almost all are design patents, running the gamut from MP3 players to power adaptors to the stairs in the apple store.

这些基本上全是设计专利，从MP3播放器到电源适配器，甚至是苹果商店的楼梯无所不包。