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13) He stated the obvious. “There must be something wrong with the hemoglobin or with the liver’s machinery for handling hemoglobin.” (para.50) To state the obvious: to say what everyone already knows. 译文：他说了一个显然的事实：“一定是血红蛋白或者肝处理血红蛋白的机理除了问题。” 14) “...we‘d have the perfect way of disposing of radioactive ash from nuclear power plants.” （para. 74） To dispose of sth: to get rid of sth that one doesnt want or cant keep. e.g. All the furniture has been disposed of. 译文：“…那么我们就为核电厂处理放射性烟尘找到了一个十全十美的方法。”　 Exercises Answer keys Vigorous energetic dynamic Distinctive Identical implied connoted Evident apparent bare frustration Desolate obese blatant concise Criticize reproach severe silent Successive original Patent 布道 Thank You! L/O/G/O Unit 2A Very Special Goose By Isaac Asimov 主讲：Cindy曾 Contents Background Information Pre-reading Questions Language Notes Exercises Answer Keys Ⅰ.Background Information 1. About the author: Isaac Asimov(1920-1992) essayist, historian, biochemist, textbook writer, humorist Science fiction (hard SF), popular science, mystery fiction, essays, literary criticism Golden Age of Science Fiction  Prolific writer(多产作家): written or edited about 500 books and over 9,000 letters and postcards Famous works: the Foundation Series(基地三部曲)； the Robot Series；Nightfall《夜归》； The Intelligent Man’s Guide to Science《智者的科学指南》； I, Robot；Planets for Man 2. Genre [?ɑ:nr?] : Science Fiction Science fiction consists of stories in books, magazines, and films about events that take place in the future or in other parts of the universe. Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with the impact of imagined innovations in science or technology, often in a futuristic setting Science Fiction Science + Fiction??? The impossible made possible Setting of science fiction In the future, or in a historical past In the outer space; aliens Technologies that contradict known laws of nature D