More recently, the space opera series Firefly used an explicitly western theme for its portrayal of frontier worlds.

更近一点，太空歌剧系列片《萤火虫》在刻画蛮荒世界的时候几乎完全照搬西部片的模式。

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The author discusses in this paper the understanding of the fiction as regard to the relationship between the time and the title, the theme, the writing skills and the portrayal of Characters.

笔者就这部小说中时间与题目、主题、写作手法以及人物刻画之间的关系谈谈对这部作品的理解。

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