In reality, the image is a bit of an illusion: the lightning was far from the Observatory and the laser only appears to be cutting through the bolt.

在现实中，这个图像相当于一种错觉：闪电远离着天文台，激光似乎切断了这个闪电。

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You’ve written quite a bit about advanced transportation and cutting-edge transportation. Do you enjoy more of the latest and greatest or are you more a connoisseur of the rickety and the old?

你以前的书里写过不少先进的、划时代的交通工具，你觉得自己更享受哪种交通工具呢，那些最新的、最伟大的还是那些摇摇晃晃地老古董？

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Its best loved features are cutting edge software, superb system administration suite (DrakConf), excellent implementation of its 64-bit edition, and extensive internationalisation support.

其最大特点是高级软件，一流的系统管理套件(DrakConf)，优秀的64位版本支持，以及广泛的国际支持。

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In fact, if the other person is working hard, or is cutting back on their carbon emissions, you have every bit more incentive to not work hard or to keep high carbon emissions yourself.

实际上,如果其他人正在努力工作,或者正在尽量减少碳排量,你总会有想偷懒的动机,或者总是继续大量排碳

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For investors, bailing on dividend stocks for fear of higher taxes is a bit like cutting off your nose to spite your face.

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