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.

它在各种产品中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。

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界， 在网络世界中，人与人之间的物理距离不再是沟通的障碍——这种情况在 “地球村”这个短语中得到体现。