Imagine that an alien species landed on Earth and, through their mere presence, those aliens caused our art to vanish, our music to homogenize, and our technological know-how to disappear.

想象一下，外星物种登陆地球，而他们的存在会让我们的艺术消逝，同化我们的音乐，也让我们的技术知识消失了。

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At the same time, we should learn how to deal with them better than trying to make them disappear.

与此同时，我们应该学会如何更好地处理它们，而不是试图让它们消失。

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Photo Tip: to capture an intimate moment, the photographer must learn how to earn the trust of the subject, as well as when to "disappear" and let life unfold.

摄影小贴士：要捕捉亲密的瞬间，摄影师必须学会获取被摄者的信任，还要学会在适当的时候让自己“隐身”，让生活得以自然地展开。

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I actually want to change that around, if I might, and play with that, because that's a really useful image for us: "takes the mask off literature and reminds us how we come to be sympathetic or Richard Wright how we come to think something." Think back to Richard Wright, who wants words to disappear, to be completely transparent and to leave you just with your response.

实际上，我想要改变一点，可能的话，玩弄一下，因为那对我们是很有用的画面：,把文学的面具卸下,我们是如何同情,或思考事物的，回想一下，他希望文字消失，而变成透明的，只剩下你们的回应。

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