So Empson says, Well, atmosphere, ; certainly that exists and we can talk about it in all sorts of ways; but after all, what is the use of atmosphere?

所以，Empson就说，气氛这种东西嘛，当然是存在的，我们可以用千千万万种方法来探讨它;,但是，所谓“气氛“有何作用呢？

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