商务印书馆是中国现代出版史上历史最悠久的文化出版机构。作为国内外著名的出版机构, 它为文化的传播和新知识的介绍做出了卓越的贡献。出版物遍及社会科学、自然科学、应用技术、文学艺术、儿童读物、教科书、中外语文辞书、各类杂志和各个门类专业的工具书。商务印书馆的出版物, 对我国思想界、文化界、教育界均有一定的影响。
通信卫星系统在过去的几十年中取得了很大的成功, 已引起了人们对未来的广泛的关注, 一些国家正在采用卫星来发展国内的通信, 以取代传统的陆地电话线。但是, 卫星研制、发射和运转的成本很高, 超出了一些国家的经济承受能力。尽管如此, 通信卫星系统得到了越来越多的人的重视和支持, 这种技术会在未来更加普及。
The Commercial Press is the oldest cultural publishing house in the history of China’s contemporary publications. As a well-known publishing house enjoying great prestige both at home and abroad, it has made outstanding contributions to the propagation of culture and the introduction of new knowledge. Books published by it include various categories of publications relative to social science, natural science, applied science, art and literature, children’s books, textbooks, dictionaries of Chinese and foreign languages, different kinds of magazines, and specialized reference books, which have exerted great influence in the ideological, cultural and educational circles of our country.
Communication satellite systems have been quite a success in the past decades, evoking widespread attention to their future. Some countries have been using satellites for domestic communications in place of conventional telephone lines on land. But satellites’ development, launching, and operation are so costly that some countries can’t afford them. In spite of all this, communication satellites are gaining attention and support from more and more people. The technique seems likely to be more widely utilized in the future.
