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使脱水

Phrases&Expressions

inbrief

inshort;tosumup

asfaras

tothedistance,pointordegreethat

forone

asthefirstofseveralpossibleexamples

dryoff

makeorbecomedry

stopdeadinone'stracks

stopveryquicklyorwithgreatforce

beboundupwith

becloselyconnectedwithorrelatedto

firstandlast

alwaysandchiefly

putaway

putintherightplaceoroutofsight

diedown

comeslowlytoanend;growslowlylessorweaker

onthetrackof

lookingfor,tryingtofind

earn/makealiving

supportoneself

atthat

inaddition;also

becaughtin

beinvolvedin

tothepointwhere

totheextentthat

playaround

spendtimeplaying,foolingorjokinginsteadofbeingseriousorworking

settledown

marry;begintoliveastablelife

takewithagrainofsalt

acceptorbelieveonlyinpart

gothrough

beapprovedoraccepted

ProperNames

Zeritsky

齐里斯基

AnnGriffith

安.格里菲斯

LosAngeles

洛杉机

弗雷德.格雷厄姆

约翰.莫纳汉

UnitEight

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Sciencefictionisdefinitelynotpurescience,,arguessciencefictionwriterBenBova,standsasabridgebetweenscienceandfiction,,sciencefictionisnotmereentertainment,,

THEROLEOFSCIENCEFICTION

BenBova

Theyear1972wasmarkedbypublicationofacontroversialbook,TheLimitstoGrowth,Thisstudyoftheworld'sfuture,donebyateamofMITscientistswiththeaidofcomputer"models"ofthefutureofoursociety,

,probable,inevitable--ifwedon''dbeenmakingtheirown"models"

"model"afutureworldsociety,

Forthereisnotsimplyafuture,atimetocomethat',bitbybit,minutebyminute,bytheacti