If we land a man on the moon, I think someone could surely invent a toaster that works properly.
如果我们能让人类登陆月球,我想一定会有人能发明在月球上还能正常运行的烤面包机。
but that was precisely the idea adopted in some of the early instruments (seismometers) for recording earthquake waves.
但是早期记录地震波的仪器(测震仪)正是采用了这种思路。