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其一：
黑字标题：一个惊悚小说作者的处女作重磅来袭！
蓝色书封：《空气中的粒子》，作者：jenna podjasek
书评：
1.把现代惊悚小说推向了新的高度……剧情张弛有度，恰到好处，让你直到结局前一秒还在猜测走向。——Steve Konkoly,一位"Wall Street Journal"和"Washington Post"畅销惊悚小说作家。

2.它是一个扣人心弦的，精心设计的，阴谋叠出的戏剧性故事，剧情曲折回旋，让你想象不到接下来会发生什么……如果你想要阅读优秀的现代医学惊悚故事，那么它是你在图书馆的不二之选。——midwest书评

3.这是一本很棒且符合当下形式的医疗惊悚片，有一个可以风靡一时的英雄和一个真正的，发自内心可恨恶棍——kirkus书评

4.这本书以一种有条不紊的记叙文风格，思路清晰地描绘故事，其中医疗元素的描写是那么熟练和真实，使这个故事更加有代入感和沉浸感……dc,mallory hayes真是一位吸引人的复杂的英雄……我给五颗星！——foreword书评

单词：
thriller n. （尤指关于罪案或间谍的）惊险小说（或戏剧、电影）；令人激动的比赛（或经历）
particle n. 微粒；极少量；粒子（原子的极微小成分，如电子、质子或中子）；（数）质点；（语法中的）小品词，虚词
twist v. 使弯曲 n. 扭动，转动
twists and turns 迂回曲折
gripping adj. （电影、故事等）扣人心弦的，引人入胜的
v. 紧握，紧抓；使感兴趣，吸引……的注意；（感情，情绪）强烈地影响（grip 的现在分词）
subterfuge n. 托词；借口；诡计
intrigue v. 激起……的兴趣，引发……的好奇心；密谋
n. 密谋策划，阴谋；秘密的恋情，秘密关系；神秘力量，神秘气氛
credible adj. 可信的，可靠的；足够好的，有明显效果的；（因看似可能成功而）可接受的
timely adj. 及时的，适时的
adv. 及时地；<古>早
viral adj. 病毒性的，病毒引起的；（与）利用病毒式营销手段（有关）的
n. 互联网上迅速传播的图片（或视频、广告等）
villain n. 反派角色，反面人物；<非正式>罪犯；祸首，元凶；坏人，恶棍
【名】 （Villain）（法）维兰（人名）
viscerally adv. 本能地；发自内心地
hateable adj. 可恨的；可憎的（等于 hatable）
methodically-paced 有条不紊的步调
narrative n. 记叙文，叙述；叙事技巧 adj. 叙述的；叙事体的
element n. 基本部分，要素；元素；有点，少量；一群人；恶劣天气（the elements）；基本原理；适宜的环境；电热元件，电热丝；（基督教圣餐中的）面包和酒
clarity n. 清晰易懂；思路清晰；（画面或声音的）清晰，清楚；清澈，明净
【名】 （Clarity）（英）克拉里蒂（人名）
handled adj. 有把手的，有把柄的
v. 使用；负责；触摸；指挥；买；卖（handle 的过去式和过去分词）
sobering adj. 使清醒的；使冷静的；严重的
vt. 使清醒（sober 的 ing 形式
allergist n. 过敏症专科医师
immunologist n. 免疫学者
pandemic adj. （疾病）大规模流行的 n. <正式>大流行病
spine-chilling adj. 令人毛骨悚然的

其一：
How horribly were women treated as slaves？

Jacque Kochak
https://www.quora.com/profile/Jacque-Kochak

Short answer: VERY HORRIBLY. With DNA testing, I learned I have a number of distant cousins who identify as African-American. That started an odyssey of discovery for me, and I was troubled to learn the extent that women were sexually abused under the system of slavery in the antebellum U.S. Even worse, I believe, was the torture of watching one’s children sold off, never seeing them again.
简单来说：非常可怕。从dna测试中，我知道了我有一些堂兄弟是美国黑人。这开启了我的漫长探索之旅，并且我为了解到女人在美国南北战争前的奴隶体系中遭受性虐待而难受不已。更糟糕的是，看着自己的孩子被廉价出售再也无法相见简直是场酷刑。

Harriet Ann Jacobs, who escaped from slavery and wrote about her experiences, describes the risk of sexual abuse this way: “When she is fourteen or fifteen, her owner, or his sons, or the overseer, or perhaps all of them, begin to bribe her with presents. If these fail to accomplish their purpose, she is whipped or starved into submission to their will...resistance is hopeless.”
哈里特·安·雅各布斯逃离的奴隶体系，并写下了她的经历，她这样描述性虐待的危险：当她14岁15岁时，她的主人，或者主人的儿子，或者督工，或者他们全体，都开始用礼物贿赂她。如果这些都没有达成他们的目的，他们就鞭打她，或者把她饿到屈服为止，抵抗是完全没有希望的。

White women, of course, saw what was happening between their husbands and the enslaved women ostensibly under their care. The more literate expressed their anger in writing. One of them was Mary Boykin Chestnut, a wealthy South Carolina woman whose husband was first a U.S. senator and then a Confederate officer.
白人女性，当然看到了他们丈夫和被他们照顾的奴役妇女之间发生的事。实际上她描写的文字更加赤裸。其中还有为白人女士是玛丽·博伊金·栗宝，美国南卡罗来纳州的富婆，她的丈夫是曾是美参议员，后来成为了南方联盟军官。

单词：
antebellum adj. （美国南北）战争前的
extent n. 程度；范围，长度
overseer n. 监督；工头
whipped adj. 受到鞭打的；筋疲力尽的；（奶油、蛋及其他食物）搅打起泡沫的 v. 鞭打；挥动（whip 的过去式和过去分词）
submission n. 屈服，投降；提交，呈递；提交的文件，呈递材料；<法律>（向法官提出的）看法，意见；<正式> 意见，建议；<古> 谦恭，温顺；（摔跤）制服
enslaved v. 奴役；使成为奴隶（enslave 的过去式和过去分词）
ostensibly adv. 表面上；外表

I wish they could somehow make a birth control for men instead of women. Will they ever give this as an option?

Tomaž Vargazon
https://www.quora.com/profile/Toma%C5%BE-Vargazon

There’s a fundamental problem with the male pill compared to female pill. Women naturally go through a cycle of fertility and infertility every month and with every child, men don’t.
在男性避孕药和女性避孕药方面，这是个基本问题。女性生来每个月，和生每个孩子时，都会面临不孕的循环，男性则不会。

Male pill

Female pills work by telling the ovaries the body is pregnant, so they shouldn’t produce an egg this month and they oblige. It’s a completely normal response to pregnancy and the female pills simulate pregnancy for the body.
女性避孕药是欺骗卵巢这句身体已经怀孕了，所以卵巢这个月就不会再生产它们本应生产的卵子。它就像完全正常且自然的妊娠反应，女性避孕药就是这样模仿了怀孕的身体。

Males remain fertile from puberty into old age. It is possible for an 85-year old man to concieve a child, if he manages to get his junk to work.
男性从青春期到老年，一直保持着繁育能力。

Sperm quality drops and the odds of a successful insemination are low, but that’s because he’s old and his organs aren’t performing as well as they did. There’s no natural off switch for male reproductive system as there is with women.
当男性逐渐变老，他的器官也逐渐衰退，精子的质量下降，成功授精的概率也会下降。对于男性的生殖系统，没有一种像女性一样的自然的开关。

That’s why the male pill is an inherently different beast to the female pill, the physiology of the two sexes is different. Impotence is a common side effect and while that’s certainly effective in preventing pregnancy, it makes the pill rather pointless.
这就是男性避孕药生来就与女性避孕药大不相同的原因。两性的生理结构是不同的。阳痿是一种常见的药物副作用，所以在避孕中发挥着重要作用，那让避孕药更无意义了。

Then there are the societal issues. If a woman takes the pill she knows she is protected and only needs to trust herself and the modern medicine. If the male is on the pill she needs to trust him. A pregnancy will affect her far more than it will the male no matter what happens, so most women will perfer the female pill for that reason alone.
有一些社会问题。如果女人吃了避孕药，她知道自己是被保护的，只需要相信自己，相信现代医疗技术。如果男人服下避孕药，那么女人就得相信男人。无论什么情况，怀孕带给女性影响远胜于男性，就因为这个原因，大多数女性选择吃避孕药。

That’s why female pills will remain the principal hormonal birth control for the foreseeable future.
这就是在可见的未来，女性避孕药依然会是控制性激素的首要途经的原因。

Can ChatGPT replace software Developers?

Helene Høgsbro Thygesen
https://www.quora.com/profile/Helene-H% … o-Thygesen

Compilers have largely replaced assembly language programmers, but in the meantime they created an even larger number of jobs for programmers that write in higher level languages.
编译器已经很大范围地取代了语言汇程序员，但是同时，它们也创造出更多的高水平语言编写程序的工作。

Similarly, maybe in a few decades, AI systems like ChatGPT will take over much of the coding work, but thereby creating a large number of jobs for people who have the computer science skills to write good specifications for the AI systems (and, to a lesser extent, to improve on the code generated by the AI systems, for example to make it more general). Those people will be software developers, but with somewhat different skill requirements than today’s software developers.
同理,可能在几十年后，类似 Chatgpt的人工智能将取代更多的编码工作，但是一样的，也会创造出更多的，有着科学计算机技术以编写更专业的ai程序的工作（并且，在较小的程度上，改善ai输出的语言，比如让其更具有普遍性。）这样的人才可能是软件开发者，但是与之相比，他们还会有一些更多的不同领域的技能。

This happens all the time in the software industry. When I started programming, most of the work was about optimizing algorithms to work faster and use less memory. Today it is mostly about system design and being able to find out how to use the many public software libraries.
这样的情况，在软件行业不断发生着，当我开始编程，我会努力让算法优化，运行更快，花费更少。如今，时代属于系统设计，我们要学会使用许多公共软件库。

单词：
Compiler n. 编译器；[计] 编译程序；编辑者，汇编者
assembly n. 议会，代表大会；集会，集会者；装配，组装；（计算机）汇编
optimize v. 优化，充分利用（形势，机会，资源）；使（数据、软件等）优化；持乐观态度（=optimise）

Would developing a counter missile that can stop nuclear ICBMs before

Eugene Chia
https://www.quora.com/profile/Eugene-Chia-28

So far, attempts to kill ICBMs in boost phase utilize things like airborne or space-borne lasers, not missiles.
截止目前位置，我们用于阻止战略导弹上升相位的可利用材料是机载或太空激光，并不是导弹。

This crazy looking beast, the Boeing YAL-1A, was one attempt.
这个看起来很疯狂的机器-波音YAL-1A,就是一向尝试。

The problem with interception at boost phase is that’s a very short window, and if the launcher is in hostile territory (which it likely is) it makes it very challenging to perform the intercept.
在上升阶段拦截的问题是，这是一个很短的窗口，如果发射器处于地方领地（很多情况都是这样），那施行拦截就更具有挑战性了。

For example, using that airborne laser you’d need that 747 to be flying somewhere around the launcher… which is unlikely to work out too well.
举个例子，使用机载激光的话，你需要747飞到发射器附近...这听起来不可能做到。

Missiles would likely be too slow to hit a target during boost phase, and you’d have the same issue- the launcher would likely have to be in hostile airspace.
导弹可能更难以在上升阶段击中目标，并且你也有一样的问题：发射器可能位于地方领域。

Keep in mind, just detecting a launch in time to attempt a boost phase intercept is already a big problem, let alone any other challenges in performing an intercept in time.
记住，单就及时探测发射器的位置，并试图在导弹上升阶段拦截成功，就已经是个大难题了，更不用说及时执行拦截的任何其他挑战了。

About the only place where this may make sense if shooting down submarine launched ballistic missiles, but those have their own challenges- namely, most modern boomers are really hard to locate.
唯一可行的地方是击落潜射弹道导弹，但是这也极其富有挑战性，特别是对于现代婴儿潮一代出生的人来说。

There’s some research being done using drones that can loiter for long periods, to try to counter a limited arsenal such as that possessed by North Korea. Those are also restricted to a relatively small area, so such an approach is a bit more feasible.
有研究表明，比如可以使用无人机，长时间走走停停，去对抗一个北韩的武器库。这些也仅限于相对较小的区域，因此这种方法更可行。