You will not make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won't be avice President with a car phone, until you earn both.

高中刚毕业你不会一年挣4万美元。你不会成为一个公司的副总裁，并拥有一部装有电话的汽车，直到你将此职位和汽车电话都争到手。

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Avice Benner Cho, a human colonist, has returned to Embassytown after years of deep-space adventure.

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Avice is cut off from her old contacts and the similes have disbanded.

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Meanwhile, we learn a bit about why Avice and the similes drift apart, what Avice did to cross CalVin, her doppel-lovers.

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