知识 | Wander along Fifty-ninth Street and Central Park in Manhattan some Sunday. You will see horse-drawn carriages with topatted coachmen—a vestige of the 1800s. Surrounded by twentieth-century motorcars and modern skyscrapers, these romantic vehicles of a bygone era are anachronous. Science fiction is deliberately anachronous—it deals with phenomena, gadgetry, accomplishments far off (possibly) in the future. |
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出处 | Word Power Made Easy SESSION 16 |
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