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、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，北溪管道生爆， 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。