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CHAPTER SIX EARTH
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TREVIZE WAS HOT AND ANNOYED. HE AND PELORAT WERE SITTING IN the small dining area, having just completed their midday meal.
Pelorat said, "We've only been in space two days and I find myself quite comfortable, although I miss fresh air, nature, and all that. Strange! Never seemed to notice all that sort of thing when it was all round me. Still between my wafer and that remarkable1 computer of yours, I have my entire library with me-or all that matters, at any rate. And I don't feel the least bit frightened of being out in space now. Astonishing!"
Trevize made a noncommittal sound. His eyes were inwardly focused.
Pelorat said gently, "I don't mean to intrude2, Golan, but I don't really think you're listening. Not that I'm a particularly interesting person always been a hit of a bore, you know. Still, you seem preoccupied3 in another way. -Are we in trouble? Needn't be afraid to tell me, you know. Not much I could do, I suppose, but I won't go into panic, dear fellow."
"In trouble?" Trevize seemed to come to his senses, frowning slightly.
"I mean the ship. It's a new model, so I suppose there could be something wrong:" Pelorat allowed himself a small, uncertain smile.
Trevize shook his head vigorously. "Stupid of me to leave you in such uncertainty4, Janov. There's nothing wrong at all with the ship. It's working perfectly5. It's just that I've been looking for a hyper-relay."
"Ah, I see. -Except that I don't. What is a hyper-relay?"
"Well, let me explain, Janov. I am in communication with Terminus. At least, I can be anytime I wish and Terminus can, in reverse, be in communication with us. They know the ship's location, having observed its trajectory6. Even if they had not, they could locate us by scanning near-space for mass, which would warn them of the presence of a ship or, possibly, a meteoroid. But they could further detect an energy pattern, which would not only distinguish a ship from a meteoroid but would identify a particular ship, for no two ships make use of energy in quite the same way. In some way, our pattern
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trajectory
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galaxy
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evade
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restriction
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random
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untoward
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surmount
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laboring
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indigenous
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physiologically
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variegated
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specialized
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colonize
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ecological
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回响,回荡( reverberate的现在分词 ); 使反响,使回荡,使反射 | |
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metaphorically
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misty
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astronomic
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天文学的,星学的 | |
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literally
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components
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(机器、设备等的)构成要素,零件,成分; 成分( component的名词复数 ); [物理化学]组分; [数学]分量; (混合物的)组成部分 | |
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transformation
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fictional
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physicist
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n.物理学家,研究物理学的人 | |
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precisely
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adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地 | |
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populous
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adj.人口稠密的,人口众多的 | |
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inertia
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adj.惰性,惯性,懒惰,迟钝 | |
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axis
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n.轴,轴线,中心线;坐标轴,基准线 | |
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revolved
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wager
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archaic
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apparently
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taxation
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cynically
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grimace
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descended
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