It was my first grown-up book, a story not pat or perfect, about children coming of age in a time when reality falls wretchedly short of ideals.

这是第一本让我成长的书籍，故事内容并不完美，讲述了当现实不幸脱离理想时，孩子们走向成熟的经历。

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This was also the first time I had seen my figures professionally rendered and put back into the context of the book; the figures were submitted separately.

这也是我第一次看到我的画像被如此专业地处理，并且放到封底。 头像是分开提交的。

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A. I had not expected a Brief History of Time to be a best seller. It was my first popular book and aroused a great deal of interest.

答：我也没想到《时间简史》会成为畅销书。它是我写的第一本受大众欢迎的书籍，引起了人们极大的兴趣。

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