Was the printed word giving way to the spoken one?

书面文字是不是被口头文字取代了？

“Braille is to the blind person what the printed word is to the sighted individual - access to information and contact with the outside world”.

“盲文对盲人的重要意义就像文字对正常人的重要意义一样，有了盲文，盲人能够与外界进行沟通。”

When new or difficult material is presented, almost all listeners are faced with a challenge because human speech lacks the stability and permanence of the printed word.

接触新事物时，听众们可能会遇到困难，因为说过的话不如打印出来的文字更能提供稳定持久的信息。

Dr. Meyer's listeners are not unusual. When new or difficult material is presented, almost all listeners are faced with a challenge because human speech lacks the stability and permanence of the printed word.

玛雅医生叮嘱的都是正常人。当面对新资料或者难度较大的资料时，几乎所有的听众都会面临挑战，因为人类口语缺乏书面文字的稳定性和永久性。

Doc. Mayer's listeners are not unusual. When new or difficult material is presented, almost all listeners are faced with a challenge because human speech lacks the stability and permanence of the printed word. Oral communication is fast-moving and impermanent.

玛雅医生的听众都是正常人。当面对新资料或难度较大的资料时，几乎所有的听众都会面临挑战，因为人类口语缺乏书面文字的稳定性和永久性。口头交流速度快，持续时间短。

But whereas the printed word, being relatively permanent, can communicate to numbers of like minds over centuries, television is relatively ephemeral and communicates, using both pictures and words, to millions of unlike minds at the same moment in time.

但是， 印刷文字相对永久，可以在几个世纪内与许多相似的思想进行交流，而电视则相对短暂，并且使用图片和文字同时与数百万不同的思想进行交流。