I held on to that energy like a rope that could pull us to safety.

我紧紧抓住那股能量，就像抓住一根能把我们拉到安全地方的绳子。

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One of them is the force of gravitation (地心引力), which tries to pull the satellite towards the earth and is like a rope which keeps the satellite from flying away.

其中一个是地心引力的力量，这股力量试图把卫星拉向地球，就像一根把卫星绑住的绳子，防止卫星飞远了。

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It looks like a rope.

它看起来像条绳子。

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"Hats,scarves, we've got playing cards, soap on a rope,things like that."

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So, massless bodies will always have, like a massless rope, equal and opposite forces on the two ends.

所以无质量的物体,比如这个绳子,两边所受的力永远都相等

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