Clarke's fiction, such as Childhood's End, The City and The Stars, The Nine Billion Names of God, inspired real-life space exploration.

克拉克的小说，《比如童年的终结》，《城市和星星》，《神的九十亿个名字》等，激发了人们在现实生活中探索太空的想法。

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Our attention drifts upward-now that the fireworks and the headlights are gone, the stars seem brilliant, clustered together like the lights of some faraway city.

我们的注意力转向天上，现在烟火和车灯都散去了，星星看起来特别明亮，聚在一起仿佛远方城市的灯光。

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These include a completely transparent fuselage that will allow passengers to the see the stars above and city lights below.

其中包括设计一个完全透明的机身能够让乘客向上能看到璀璨的星空，向下能看到城市的灯火。

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They may have moved to DC from somewhere else, but today, many sport the two bars and three stars flag tattoo of the city.

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The contrary argument is that without expansion the city will stagnate, and the only room left to expand is towards the stars.

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Bakers would serve hot loaves of pan dulce (a sweet bread dotted with candied fruit) rumoured to be the best in the city, and famed cultural figures like tango stars idled away hours at the tables.

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