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原文：
The impact infotech is having and is going to have on our lives and work is tremendous. It is already linking the skills of the space industry with those of cable television so programmes can be beamed directly into our homes from all over the world. Armies of "steel collar" workers, the robots, will soon be working in factories doing the boring, complex and unpleasant jobs which are at present still done by man. In some areas such as the car industry this has already started. Television will also be used to enable customers to shop from the comfort of their homes by simply ordering via the TV screen, payment being made by direct debit of their credit cards. Home banking and automatic booking of tickets will also be done through the television screen. Cable television which in many countries now gives a choice of dozens of channels will soon be used to protect our homes by operating burglar and fiire alarms linked to police and fire stations. Computers will run our homes, controlling the heating, air conditioning and cooking systems while robots will cope with the housework. The friendly postman will be a thing of the past as the postal service and letters disappear with the electronic mail received via viewdata screens. It will transform the way we communicate, from shopping to education to cheering the local football team.
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翻译要点：
beam into （广播、电视等）传播，播送
debit 从账户中提取的存款
viewdata 数据屏幕
1. Cable television which in many countries now gives a choice of dozens of channels will soon be used to protect our homes by operating burglar and fiire alarms linked to police and fire stations.
这是一个含有定语从句并带有介词短语作状语以及分词结构作后置定语的复合句。可以采用分句法把原文译成两个句子。因为英语重结构，而汉语重语境，因此英语的句子往往比较长，而汉语句子则常常比较短。本句可以省略定语从句的先行词，译成并列分句。参见译文。
2. Television will also be used to enable customers to shop from the comfort of their homes by simply ordering via the TV screen, payment being made by direct debit of their credit cards.
英语多用被动态，在像本文这样的科技性文章中使用的比例就更高。因为被动语态具有客观性强的特点，可以使行文显得客观，不带主观色彩。译文在处理此处的被动态时分别采取了保留原文的主语和把原文的主语在译文中作宾语的做法。参见译文。
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