When driving in a car on a hot summer day, you may see what looks like shimmering water on the road, which, as science tells us, is really just a mirage, an illusion caused by the heating of the air.

在炎热的夏天开车时，你可能会在路上看到闪闪发光的水，但科学告诉我们，这其实只是海市蜃楼，是空气加热造成的幻觉。

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Let me give another example, in the ancient times, how would people react to the mirage such as a hill on top of the sea.

再举一个例子，古代，在海面出现“海市蜃楼”，比如海面上出现一座山，人们会怎么想？

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As I set my foot in to the cabin, I couldn't help asking myself: was it only a mirage 36 that I saw just now?

我把脚踏进舱里的时候，我不禁疑惑地问自己：我先前看见的难道只是一个幻景？

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Or, when we meet again at this Forum in one year or five years or ten, will we have seen the prospects for reform fade and remember this moment as just a mirage in the desert?

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In this blog, you denigrate the entire concept green energy and jobs as if it were a mere mirage yet just a few years ago your fellow conservatives were championing the same ideas.

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