新概念英语第三册 Lesson55(6)

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9. As Earth-dwellers, we always cherish the hope that we will be visited by little green men and that we will be able to communicate with them. But this hope is always in the realms of science fiction.
cherish the hope: 抱有......希望，如：
Like a scientist bent on making a discovery, he must cherish the hope that one day he will be amply rewarded. 就象一个决心要有所发现的科学家一样，他必须抱有有朝一日能如愿以偿的希望。(NCE3 Lesson34)
the realms of science fiction: the fields covered in since fiction
realm: kingdom, 王国；a certain field or area, 领域。如：
In a realm as large as medieval Germany, the king faced a huge task.
She found great pleasures in the realm of history.
人们在态度上的变化将逐渐从理论领域转向实践领域。（练习（5），汉译英）
10. No human endeavor or thought would be unchanged by it.
endeavor: n. effort or attempt, 企图，努力；v. try, 试图，竭力。如：
Crossing the North Pole on foot was an amazing feat of human endeavor.
Engineers are still endeavoring to locate the source of this problem.