For instance, in a short-timescale prediction such as the sort of films people will like next year, it would be useless to look at the shifting mood of the population over decades.

例如，在短时间内预测下一年人们喜爱的电影类型，如果只查看前几十年观众情绪的变幻将会是毫无意义的。

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With towns shifting around everywhere you do sort of lose a sense of cohesion, and an attachment to the places you're visiting.

由城镇连接各处，让你不会觉得失去合作或者通往之前到过的城镇的连接。

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Starbuck This was the main character known as "Starbuck," who got transformed into a woman in the more recent one, a sort of example of how portrayals are shifting in interesting ways.

这个是主角，被称为“,最近拍的那部，把这个角色变成了女人，这个例子就能有趣地说明媒体的描绘,总是变来变去的。

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