Lesson 38

Future historians will be in a unique position when they come to record the history of our own times.
未来的历史学家在记录我们自己这一时代的叙事时，将处于一个独特的地位。
They will hardly know which facts to select from the great mass of evidence that steadily accumulates.
他们几乎不知道该从持续积累的大量证据中选择哪些事实。
What is more, they will not have to rely solely on the written word.
而且，他们将不必仅仅依赖书面文字。
Films, videos, CDs and CD-ROMs are just some of the bewildering amount of information they will have.
电影、视频、CD和光盘驱动器仅仅是他们将拥有的海量信息中的一部分。
They will be able as it were to see and hear us in action.
他们将能够像亲眼目睹一样，看到并听到我们的行动。