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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