对宇宙中智慧生命的搜索行动今年初遭遇挫折，SETI项目(译者注：全称是“外星智慧搜索”)因经费不足暂停艾伦望远镜矩阵运行。

The search for intelligent life in the universe took a hit earlier this year when SETI had to put the Allen Telescope Array on hiatus due to lack of funding.

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当然，这种文字化的亲生命性（biophilia）（这是威尔逊创造出来的一个新词，指的是人类与生俱来的与其他生物间的情感纽带——译者注）不太可能让我的繁殖潜力得到再次增强，但却着实充实了我的整个夏天。

It isn't obvious that this literary biophilia – the word is Wilson's own coinage – somehow enhances my chances of reproductive survival, but it certainly enhanced my summer.

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