But the country where Alexander Graham Bell invented the modern telephone, and which developed what has since become the Internet, lagged behind northern European countries on all fronts.

• 虽然美国人亚历山大-格拉汉姆-贝尔发明了现代电话，互联网也发端于美国，但在所有前沿科技的普及率上，美国却落后于北欧国家。