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dappreciatewhatsciencecanandcannotdo,,theiraims,theirdreams,

Sciencefictioncanhelptoexplainwhatscienceandscientistsareallabouttothenon--

,mencanmovemountains--,scienceisanutterlyhumanisticpursuit,theglorificationofhumanintellectoverthepuzzling,chaotic,

,--thegodsofthenewmythology--strugglemanfullyagainstthedarkness,whetherit'

Perhaps,however,themostimportantaspectofsciencefiction'sroleinthemodernworldisbestsummedupinasingleword:

Afterall,:tomorrowwillbedifferentfromtoday,

Sciencefictionveryclearlyshowsthatchanges--whethergoodorbad--,andnowadaysdangerous,'smostfruitfulcourseofactionistodeterminehowtoshapethesechanges,

Perhapsthisistheultimateroleofsciencefiction:-edgedweapon,;',thisistheultimateroleofallart:toshowourselvestoourselves,

NewWords

genre

,writing,music,,whichhascertaincharacteristicsthatallexamplesofthistypeshare（文艺作品的）体裁，样式；类型

controversial

forecast

;predict

planetwide

humankind

;mankind

probable

inevitable

;certaintohappen

mode

,living,operating,

spaceship

;spacecraft

flexibility

flexible

tabular

gimmick

别致的玩意儿；新奇的发明

robot

机器人

sorrow

,grief

prehistoric