Thus, our picture of Venus at around the time life was getting started on earth is one of warm oceans, probably rich with organic molecules splashing around rocky shores and volcanic vents.

因此，在地球上生命开始的时候，我们所看到的金星是一片温暖的海洋，这片海洋可能富含在岩石海岸和火山口周围飞溅的有机分子。

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So, under those extreme circumstances, what allowed the organic, carbon-based molecules to hang on and, ultimately, develop into life?

那么，在这样极端恶劣的环境下，究竟是什么让那些有机的碳基分子得以幸存并最终进化成生命？

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All life on Earth needs water, carbon-based organic molecules, and an energy source, either solar or chemical.

地球上所有的生命都需要水、碳基有机分子和某种能量来源——不是太阳能就是化学能。

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These proteins have functions that are essential for life of the cell, they transport molecules back and forth across the membrane.

这些蛋白所起的功能,对于细胞生存至关重要,它们负责转运分子通过细胞膜进出细胞

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If future experiments prove that such genes are essential to the bacterium's happy existence in the gut, then small molecules might be administered to block this pathway and make El Tor's life rather more difficult.

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