"But unlike the aftermath of those blasts, there were no ambulance sirens," he says. All Athar could hear was the sound of a car racing through the empty, quiet streets.

但不像往常那些爆炸后的后果，没有任何救护车的声音，他说，阿萨所能听到的只是一辆汽车穿过寂静无人的街道时的声音。

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Sirens of Titan is just one of those books - you read it through the first time and you think it's very loosely, casually written.

Sirens of Titan绝对是这样一本书：当读第一遍的时候你会觉得它写得很松散草率。

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But unlike the aftermath of those blasts, there were no ambulance sirens, "he says. All Athar could hear was the sound of a car racing through the empty, quiet streets."

但不像往常那些爆炸后的后果，没有任何救护车的声音，他说，阿萨所能听到的只是一辆汽车穿过寂静无人的街道时的声音。

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And, to avoid the tempting call of those digital sirens, no smartphone.

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At first, we sorta thought those air raid sirens (you know, the ones that are freakin' loud enough to wake the dead) were enough of an "emergency alert" as it was, but consider this: they usually don't tell you the nature of the emergency or give you instructions on exactly how you're supposed to proceed.

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