This thesis inquires on Shen's two extreme world which he experienced, namely rural and urban area.

本文首先考察沈从文直接经验的两个世界，即乡村与城市。

youdao

Over a period of about 100,000 years, while the seas pulled back, climates around the world became dramatically more extreme: warmer days, cooler nights; hotter summers, colder winters.

在大约10万年的时间里，当海水退去，世界各地的气候变得更加极端：白天更暖和，夜晚更凉爽；夏天更热，冬天更冷。

youdao

It was extreme because it was in your head- the most solitary of places in the world.

它之所以极端，因为它就在你的头脑里——世上最孤独的地方。

youdao

In the story,Mister London explained how the extreme cold made the world seem dead.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

More than one million people in the world, live in a extreme poverty.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

They must be able to respond to a world that is likely to experience more extreme weather events, such as floods and hurricanes.

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

Yet they all inhabit an extreme emotional world, and listening to the whole cycle is a disturbing and enriching experience.

ECONOMIST: Classical music on CD

The extreme weather the world is seeing now is a precursor to more, he said.

CNN: Extreme weather: Get ready to see more of it, scientists say

And an analysis of children who had faced extreme hunger after World War II were more likely to develop schizophrenia.

FORBES: More Prenatal Vitamins Could Mean Less Autism, Study Says