Stone's bilingual ability and his work experience were the qualities that helped him get the job over all the other candidates.
世通的双语能力和他的工作经验使他胜过其他候选人获得这份工作。
Who could have imagined, in the mid 1970s, for example, that by the end of the 20th century, computers would be as common in people's homes as TV sets?
举个例子吧,在20世纪70年代中叶又有谁能想得到在20世纪末的时候,家庭用的计算机会像电视机一样普遍?