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Chapter 5: Struggle for the Ship
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17Trevize's first impression was that he was on the set ofa hyperdrama specifically, that of a historical romance of Imperialdays. There was a particular set, with few variations (perhaps only oneexisted and was used by every hyperdrama producer, for all he knew),that represented the great world-girdling planet-city of Trantor inits prime.
There were the large spaces, the busy scurry1 of pedestrians2, thesmall vehicles speeding along the lanes reserved for them.
Trevize looked up, almost expecting to see air-taxis climbing into dimvaulted recesses3, but that at least was absent. In fact, as his initialastonishment subsided4, it was clear that the building was far smallerthan one would expect on Trantor. It was only a buildingand not part of a complex that stretched unbroken for thousands of milesin every direction.
The colors were different, too. On the hyperdramas, Trantor wasalways depicted5 as impossibly garish6 in coloring and the clothing was,if taken literally7, thoroughly8 impractical9 and unserviceable. However,all those colors and frills were meant to serve a symbolic10 purpose forthey indicated the decadence11 (a view that was obligatory12, these days)of the Empire, and of Trantor particularly.
If that were so, however, Comporellon was the very reverse of decadent,for the color scheme that Pelorat had remarked upon at the spaceportwas here borne out.
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confrontation
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imprisonment
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防止,避免( avert的过去式和过去分词 ); 转移 | |
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bribing
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