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ationship with him.

你的对任何人的反应组成了仅有的、决定你和他的关系的因素。

20【serene】

N./V./Adj.（使）宁静，安详的，晴朗的

a)The energetic and the serene that keeps travelers coming back.

热情和美景让游客流连忘返。

b)Celadon ceramics is an age-old art. Through a history of thousands of years, it has taken on a soft, serene and elegant quality.

青瓷是一门古老的艺术形式，在中国几千年的发展历程中，逐渐形成了温润、沉静、典雅的审美特征。

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01【zero gravity/ weightlessness】

失重状态

[例句]

There are unique benefits in carrying out scientific research in space because of zero gravity.

在宇宙空间进行科学实验有着一个不可比拟的优势就是实验环境都是失重状态。

02【experiment with】

对某种新事物进行试验

[例句]

Pilkington had been experiment with improving the melting process.

皮克星顿一直在对如何改善熔解过程进行实验。

03【satisfy human curiosity】

满足好奇心

[例句]

A good reason to support space exploration is to satisfy human curiosity.

支持太空探索的一个重要理由就是这样可以满足人类的好奇心。

04【a hard-won discovery】

难得的发现

[例句]

That their minds are not different from our own is demonstrated by the fact that the hard-won discoveries of scientists like Kepler or Einstein become the commonplace knowledge of schoolchildren.

天才们的头脑与我们并无本质差别可以通过开普勒或爱因斯坦的艰难发现成为了普通在校生的常识来获得证明。（谢谢）

05【space race】

太空竞赛

[例句]

Some people argue that the space race is just a pointless waste of taxpayers’ money.

有人认为太空竞赛只是一场毫无意义的浪费纳税人金钱的游戏。

06【social networking websites】

社交网站

[例句]

Social networking websites like Facebook and Twitter are a good way to make connections with people with similar interest and goals.

像Facebook和Twitter这样的社交网站给了人们联系其他有着共同兴趣目标的人一个平台。

07【identify theft】

盗用用户名

[例句]

Since the Internet does not require enough identification to confirm the user being the same with the owner, identify theft prevention is a very important issue.

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