这就好像刚给一座摩天大楼做了一个奠基基础，”Volker Bromm说，他是德克萨斯大学的天文系副教授，也是一篇合作文章的作者。

It is like laying the foundation of a skyscraper," said Volker Bromm, Assistant Professor of Astronomy at the University of Texas, Austin and the author of a companion article.

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电学研究刚一开始，富兰克林就于1752年在雷暴云中进行了危险的风筝试验，从而奠定了大气电学的基础。

The study of electricity had hardly begun when Franklin, in 1752, conducted his dangerous kite experiment in a thunderstorm, founding the science of atmospheric electricity.

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在季节性调整的基础上，十月份的零售额下降了1.1%。九月才刚上升了0.1%的零售额，现又掉头下落。

Retail sales fell 1.1% in October on a seasonally-adjusted basis, a turnaround from the previous month when sales rose 0.1%.

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So, again, all together, this is the basis for modern chemistry, and examples I just gave you, are some of the things that modern chemists are working on -- some of the issues that our country faces and our world faces, and how chemistry is involved in that.

所以说,所有的这些就是现代化学最基本的基础，我刚给你们介绍的例子,都是现代化学正在研究的东西,一些我们国家和全世界面临的问题，以及它们和化学的关系。

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