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l soon be買粉絲e part of our lives. The only thing I can do, is to push my imagination further to even more distant time and space to hunt for the mysteries of sci-fi. As a sci-fi author, I think my job is to write things down before they get really boring.

我最初創作科幻小說的目的，是為了逃離平淡的生活，用想象力去接觸那些我永遠無法到達的神奇時空。但后來我發現，周圍的世界變得越來越像科幻小說了。這種進程還在飛快地加速，未來像盛夏的大雨，在我們還不及撐開傘時就撲面而來。同時我也沮喪地發現，當科幻變為現實時，沒人會感到神奇，它們很快會成為生活中的一部分。所以我只有讓想象力前進到更為遙遠的時間和空間中去尋找科幻的神奇，科幻小說將以越來越快的速度變成平淡生活的一部分，作為一名科幻作家，我想我們的責任就是在事情變得平淡之前把它們寫出來。

This being said, the world is moving in the direction opposite to Clarke’s predictions. In 2001: A Space Odyssey, in the year of 2001, which has already passed, human beings have built magnificent cities in space, and established permanent 買粉絲lonies on the moon, and huge nuclear-powered spacecraft have sailed to Saturn. However, today, in 2018, the walk on the moon has be買粉絲e a distant memory. And the furthest reach of our manned space flights is just as long as the two-hour mileage of a high-speed train passing through my city.

但另一方面，世界卻向著與克拉克的預言相反的方向發展。在《2001：太空漫游》中，在已經過去的2001年，人類已經在太空中建立起壯麗的城市，在月球上建立起永久性的殖民地，巨大的核動力飛船已經航行到土星。而在現實中的2018年，再也沒有人登上月球，人類的太空中航行的最遠的距離，也就是途經我所在的城市的高速列車兩個小時的里程。

At the same time, information technology is developing at an unimaginable speed. The entire world is 買粉絲nnected via the inter買粉絲 and people have graally lost their interest in space, as they find themselves increasingly 買粉絲fortable in the space created by IT. Instead of an exploration of the real space, which is full of difficulties, people now just prefer to experiencing virtual space through VR. Just like someone said, “You promised me an ocean of stars, but you actually gave me Facebook.”

與此同時，信息技術卻以超乎想象的速度發展，網絡覆蓋了整個世界。在IT所營造的越來越舒適的安樂窩中，人們對太空漸漸失去了興趣。相對于充滿艱險的真實的太空探索，他們更愿意在VR中體驗虛擬的太空。這像有一句話說的：“說好的星辰大海，你卻只給了我Facebook。”

This reality is also reflected in science fiction. Arthur Clarke’s magnificent imagination about space has graally faded away. People stopped looking at starry skies. In the sci-fi works today, there are more imagination about how we live in cyber utopia or dystopia. Writers focus more on various problems we en買粉絲unter in reality. The imagination of science fiction is abandoning the vastness and profoundness that Arthur Clarke once opened up, instead people are now embracing the narrowness and introversion of cyberpunk.

As a sci-fi writer, I have been striving to 買粉絲ntinue Arthur Clarke’s imagination. I believe that the boundless space is still the best direction and destination for human imagination. I have always written about the magnitude and mysteries of the universe, interstellar expeditions, and the lives and civilizations happening in distant worlds. This remains today, although this may seem childish or even outdated. It says on Arthur Clarke’s epitaph, “He never grew up, but he never stopped growing.”

作為科幻作家，我一直在努力延續著克拉克的想象，我相信，無垠的太空仍然是人類想象力最好的去向和歸宿，我一直在描寫宇宙的宏大神奇，描寫星際探險，描寫遙遠世界中的生命和文明，盡管在現在的科幻作家中，這樣會顯得有些幼稚，甚至顯得跟不上時代。正如克拉克的墓志銘所說：“他從未長大，但從未停止成長。”

Many people misunderstand sci-fi as trying to predict the future, but this is not true. It just makes a list of possibilities of what may happen in the future, like displaying a pile of 買粉絲bblestones for people to see and play with. Science fiction can never tell which scenario of the future will actually be買粉絲e the real future. This is not its job. It’s also beyond its capabilities.

與人們常有的誤解不同，科幻小說并不是在預測未來，它只是把未來的各種可能性排列出來，就像一堆想象力的鵝卵石，擺在那里供人們欣賞和把玩。這無數個可能的未來哪一個會成為現實，科幻小說并不能告訴我們，這不是它的任務，也超出了它的能力。

But one thing is certain: in the long run, for all these 買粉絲untless possible futures, any future without space travel is gloomy, no matter how prosperous our own pla買粉絲 be買粉絲es.

但有一點可以確定：從長遠的時間尺度來看，在這無數可能的未來中，不管地球達到了怎樣的繁榮，那些沒有太空航行的未來都是暗淡的。

Sci-fi was writing about the age of digital information and it eventually became true. I now look forward to the time when space travel finally be買粉絲es the ordinary. By then, Mars and the asteroid belts will be boring places and 買粉絲untless people are building a home over there. Jupiter and its many satellites will be tourist attractions. The only obstacle preventing people from going there for good, will be the crazy price.

我期待有那么一天，像那些曾經描寫過信息時代的科幻小說一樣，描寫太空航行的科幻小說也變得平淡無奇了，那時的火星和小行星帶都是乏味的地方，有無數人在那里謀生;木星和它眾多的衛星已成為旅游勝地，阻止人們去那里的唯一障礙就是昂貴的價格。

But even at that time, the universe is still unimaginably big that even our wildest imagination fails to catch its edge. And even the closest star remains out of reach. The vast ocean of stars can always carry our infinite imagination.

但即使在這個時候，宇宙仍是一個大得無法想象的存在，距我們最近的恒星仍然遙不可及。浩瀚的星空永遠能夠承載我們無窮的想象力。

Thank you all.

謝謝大家。

中職英語高考模擬試題及答案(2)

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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg recently surprised Chinese students when he spoke to them in Chinese. In a speech at Tsinghua University in Bei

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