31. That level of fascination made sense in the days before telescopes could observe

details in planetary atomospheres, before space probes had explore Mars and

bulldozed into a comet, and before we understood the history of asteroid and comet

collisions, linking celestial bodies?large and small.

在望遠(yuǎn)鏡能夠觀(guān)測(cè)到行星大氣之前的時(shí)代，在太空探測(cè)器探索火星、穿入彗星

之前，以及在人類(lèi)了解小行星歷史和彗星碰撞、把大小天體聯(lián)系起來(lái)考慮之前

的時(shí)代，人們被行星序列的魅力所迷惑是講得通的。

32. Peers?past and present?have certainly influenced Buffett's strategy.

過(guò)去和現(xiàn)在的慈善家們肯定對(duì)巴菲特的慈善戰(zhàn)略造成過(guò)影響。

33. the present situation 現(xiàn)在的情形

34. a story?much funnier than that?比那有趣多的故事

35. secretary-general 秘書(shū)長(zhǎng)；總書(shū)記

36. within the city proper or in the suburbs 在市內(nèi)或郊區(qū)

37. a winter climate similar to the best of summers

與夏日最好天氣媲美的冬天氣候

38. Buy one, get one free. 買(mǎi)一送一。

39. Shop fronts were piled up with all sorts of foods and gifts appropriate for the New

Year's holiday.

商店堆滿(mǎn)了各種食物和禮物，這是為新年假期準(zhǔn)備的。

40. a home education program appropriate for her son’s talents

適合她兒子天賦的家庭教育計(jì)劃