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CHAPTER ELEVEN SAYSHELL
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JANOV PELORAT WATCHED, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE, AS THE bright star graduated into an orb1 after what Trevize had called a “micro-Jump.” The fourth planet--the habitable one and their immediate2 destination, Sayshell--then grew in size and prominence3 more slowly--over a period of days.
A map of the planet had been produced by the computer and was displayed on a portable screening device, which Pelorat held in his lap.
Trevize--with the aplomb4 of someone who had, in his time, touched down upon several dozen worlds--said, “Don’t start watching too hard too soon, Janov. We have to go through the entry station first and that can be tedious.”
Pelorat looked up. “Surely that’s just a formality.”
“It is. But it can still be tedious.”
“But it’s peacetime.”
“Of course. That means we’ll be passed through. First, though, there’s a little matter of the ecological5 balance. Every planet has its own and they don’t want it upset. So they make a natural point of checking the ship for undesirable6 organisms, or infections. It’s a reasonable precaution.”
“We don’t have such things, it seems to me.”
“No, we don’t and they’ll find that out. Remember, too, that Sayshell is not a member of the Foundation
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prominence
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ecological
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undesirable
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vessel
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cargo
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briefly
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contraband
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wavelength
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galaxy
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courteous
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terrain
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mimic
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peculiar
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decided
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disapproved
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materialist
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penchant
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eyebrows
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patriotic
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stature
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droop
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subservience
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humbly
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fascination
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scattered
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precisely
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rusty
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continental
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sterile
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lighting
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technological
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diurnal
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conversion
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mythologist
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| n.神话学家;神话作家 | |
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density
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strings
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pointed
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perfectly
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despondently
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legitimate
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relaxation
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ascetic
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strictly
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offense
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constricted
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adviser
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colonized
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| 开拓殖民地,移民于殖民地( colonize的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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shudder
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berth
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reassurance
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ethics
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inviolate
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deference
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humiliation
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repulsive
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sniff
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indigenous
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encyclopedia
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atlas
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mythology
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anthropology
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milieu
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