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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Men compete with each other on the road - women just happen to be there at the time.

男人们在公路上相互竞争——而女人只在某一特殊时刻偶尔为之。

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Just get the artics on the road.

现在汽车列车刚刚已经在路上跑了。

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Kerouac had just published his own book, "On the Road."

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This is not exactly just what the women do while the boys are out on the road. The boys want the pie.

这不完全是女人在男孩在外时做的事,男孩们想要派。

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Now, if we have any doubts that On the Road is mythic in itself, I just want to show you quickly two things. In 2007, On the Road had its fiftieth anniversary of publication.

现在如果还有对这本小说虚构性有所疑问，我想要迅速地让向你们展示两件事情，2007年是《在路上》出版的十五周年。

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