"People ask me,' How long did it take you to write that book? ' The answer is,'Sixty-eight years.'" The book consists of 600 essays by Milner - some done in consultation with other experts in the many fields shaped by Darwin's thinking ." .

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What was important when reading, starting out with a new book, asking yourself, ? what question is the author trying to answer?

当你阅读时，什么是重要的，当你开始读一本新书，问问你自己，作者试图要解答的问题是什么？

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So the book is really an effort to answer what role America should play in the world.

这本书事实上是在试图,回答美国在世界这个大环境中应该扮演怎样的角色。

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