It's used in all kinds of products, including adhesives, fibre optics, sealants, cling film, paper, fuel, explosives, sporting equipment, roofing, bottle stoppers, and tires.

各种产品都被使用包括粘合剂、光纤、密封剂食品薄膜、纸张、燃料、炸药运动器械、屋顶、瓶塞以及轮胎等。

Last year there were explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipeline and suspicious damage to fibre optic cables off the coast of Norway.

去年，北溪天然气管道生爆炸， 挪威沿海的光纤电缆遭到可疑损坏。

Fibre optics and broadband have created superfast internet speeds and an interconnected online world, where physical distances between people are no longer a barrier to communication - a situation expressed in the phrase, the global village.

光纤和宽带创造了超高速的网速和一个相互连接起来的网络世， 网络世，与之间的物理距离不再是沟通的障碍——这种情况 “地球村”这个短语得到体现。