Through science we've got the idea of associating progress with the future.

通过科学我们已有了将进步与未来联系起来的观念。

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This is science fiction, so we can be optimistic! And Star Trek's idea of life in the future is 'communicators'.

这是科幻小说，所以我们可以乐观！《星际迷航》对未来生活的设想是‘交流器’。

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Fighting cancer with nano-robots is only an idea today, but scientists say that it would be possible in the future.

用纳米机器人对抗癌症在今天还只是一个想法，但科学家们说，这在未来将成为可能。

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The idea that America stood for some kind of progress, that America meant a prosperous future was just common coin.

那种美国代表了发展进步,代表了繁荣未来的想法是双方共有的

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Mr Lo has a novel idea for future crises: creating a financial equivalent of the National Transport Safety Board, which investigates every civil-aviation crash in America.

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Firstly, obviously, we need to have some idea of what future emissions are going to be.

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Perhaps the financial-advice industry survives because the idea that the future is unknowable is just unsatisfying.

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