地球人

People have suspected that the Earth might be round since as early as Eratosthenes in 240 B.C.– it was mostly just a bunch of dogmatic nut-jobs who continued to insist that the Earth was a birdbath you could fall off of if you sailed too close to the edge. So by the time Columbus rolled around in 1492, pretty much everybody knew they were dealing with a sphere, Chris included.

早在公元前240年，埃拉脱色尼（公元前三世界希腊数学家、天文学家和地理学家，Syna注）就猜测地球可能是圆的——在当时绝大多数人都固执地认为地球像一个盆子，如果你一直向前走接近地球的边缘就会掉下去，因此直到1492年哥伦布环游地球之前，大家才知道他们是在同一个球状的地球打交道。

He said the earthmen must unite against the invaders.

他说地球人必须团结起来反抗侵略者。

Now, All earthmen can understand what the reporter wrote.

这样，所有的地球人都能看懂这个新闻的内容了。

And many young peers would much like to take sports gathering , such as table tennis and badminton , instead of spending the whole night getting drunk in bars .

地球人都清楚，烟草和酒精是影响我们健康的两大恶邪，所以应该明白，什么该吃什么不该吃，什么该喝什么不该喝。

And many young peers would much like to take sports gathering , such as table tennis and badminton , instead of spending the whole night getting drunk in bars .

地球人都知道，烟草和酒精是影响我们健康的两大恶邪，所以应该明白，什么该吃什么不该吃，什么该喝什么不该喝。

Bantam Books editor Betsy Mitchell suggested a respelling of the name to make it less Earth-based.

经矮脚鸡图书公司的编辑Betsy Mitchell建议，名字拼写略作修改，去掉了地球人的风味。

Bantam Books editor Betsy Mitchell suggested a respelling of the name to make it less Earth-based.

经矮脚鸡图书公司的编辑贝齐·米切尔建议，名字拼写略作修改，去掉了地球人的风味。

It is known to all that without feasible and cost-effective technology for environmental protection as powerful workhorse, the paralysing legislation of environmental protection cannot be completely cured.

地球人都知道，没有切实可行、价廉物美的环境保护技术，作为强有力地行政支持，即使环保再升格，也同样无助于根除其执法疲软症、无能为力综合症。

And this is how UFOs tend to look when earthlings catch them on camera-shaky, fuzzy images of bright lights and saucer-shaped objects.

而当地球人在镜头上捕捉到幽浮时，幽浮通常是这付模样：一团抖动、模糊的亮光和碟状的物体。

Clearly, he is an absolute freak of nature.

显然，他不是地球人。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。