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Disappearing Through The Skylights 从天窗消失 Obsorne Bennet Hardison Jr. Style This is a piece of scientific expository writing. Though there are several scientific and technical terms, most sentences are short and to the point, and the simple present tense is used to express universal statements. Throughout, the author uses clear, concise, objective and logical descriptions, especially in the topic-centred paragraphs. In order to reach a wider audience, nonscientists and scientists alike, he introduces a broader subject-“the culture we inhabit”. The writer employs figurative language freely such as metaphors, analogies, rhetorical questions, repetition and balanced structure, etc., to gain vividness and forcefulness. Words and phrases 1mutation 2imperative 3insubstantiality 4thingliness 5self-squared 6be committed to 7be associated with 8genetic mutation 9as the corollary of 10unique to sb. 11cylinder block 12come up with 13another name for limitations 14in the fullness of time 15orders of reality 16the thingliness of things 17imperative of technology 18bring sb to sth 19reminisce on 20owe it to sb to do sth 21turn one’s back on sb 22be consistent with 23empitied of history 24from a middle distance 25by corollary 26surround with 27assertiveness of oil tankers 28in the spirit of play 29airy medium 30abound in 31juxtaposition of architectural style Part one(1-6) This expounds the first two topics:”science is committed to the universal” and “the disappearance of history”, and illustrates the concepts with examples from science and technology, citing especially the automobile, and architecture. 1Science is committed to the universal. A sign of this is that the more successful a science becomes, the broader the argument about its basic c