在60年代让一个主角深入世界，去探索它难以置信的复杂，而且将其设置为一个家庭主妇，是与常规背道而驰的。

In the 1960s, to have a protagonist go into the world and discover this incredibly complex set of patterns, and to have that protagonist be a housewife, was very much playing against type.

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在你阅读的过程中，让你非常享受欲罢不能的正是它难以置信的对论题的把控能力。 这些论题中非常精彩的章节就有被尤金称为“石油新世界”的部分。

What sucks you onward are its strong set pieces, some of the best of which are about what Mr. Yergin calls “the new world of oil.”

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我不得不承认，它听上去像是个让人难以置信的借口。

I had to admit it sounded like an implausible excuse.

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In the 1960s, to have a protagonist go into the world and discover this incredibly complex set of patterns, and to have that protagonist be a housewife, was very much playing against type.

在60年代让一个主角深入世界,去探索它难以置信的复杂，而且将其设置为一个家庭主妇，是与常规背道而驰的。

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