To my mind, terrible diseases are surrogates for an alien invasion.

在我看来，可怕的疾病就是外星人的代理人。

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Hitting cinemas next year, it is a film about marines fighting an alien invasion.

明年将有一部关于海军陆战队抵抗外星人入侵的电影上映。

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It could even be something truly far-fetched - an alien invasion, giant lizards or a wave of famished zombies.

甚至有可能是其它一些更光怪陆离、让人难以置信的原因——外星人入侵、巨型蜥蜴或者一批饥饿丧尸的大规模侵袭。

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It offers none of the things you see people using in zombie movies or in alien invasion flicks.

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The game is a turn-based cover shooter, pitting your squad against an alien invasion in a variety of settings.

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Other projects are aiming to recreate the original gameplay faithfully, notably the Xenonauts project and the long-running UFO: Alien Invasion volunteer project.

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