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When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep. His name was Mr. Basil. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck. As a 5-year-old boy I couldn't take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt. He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer. 我生长于上世纪60年代的美国新泽西，当时我们有一个送奶工巴塞尔先生，他戴着一顶白帽子，驾驶着一辆白卡车。作为一个5岁的男孩，我目不转睛地盯着固定在他腰带上零钱袋。有一天他送货的时候注意到了，于是取下一只零钱袋送给我。 Of course he delivered more than milk. There was cheese eggs and so on. If we needed to change our order my mother would pen a note-"Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery"-and place it in the box along with the empty bottles. And then the buttermilk would magically appear. 当然他不仅仅送牛奶，还送奶酪、鸡蛋等。如果我们需要修改订单，我的母亲会写下一张纸条“下次送货时增加一瓶脱脂奶”，然后把纸条放在装有空牛奶瓶的盒子里。下次脱脂奶就会魔术般地出现了。 All of this was about more than convenience. There existed a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr. Basil even had a key to our house for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors so that the milk wouldn't freeze. And I remember Mr. Basil from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery. 一切都很方便，每一家与他们的送奶工都保持着良好的关系。巴塞尔先生甚至有我们家的钥匙，因为室外太冷我们把牛奶箱放在了室内，这样牛奶就不会冻住。我记得很多次看见巴塞尔先生在我家的厨房桌子旁休息，喝着茶聊着他的送奶经历。 There is sadly no home milk delivery today. Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete. Besides milk is for sale everywhere and it may just not have been practical to have a delivery service. 现在家庭送奶业很不景气，大公司生产的牛奶更便宜，这使得送奶工很难与之竞争。而且牛奶到处都可以买到，渐渐地就不需要送奶服务了。 Recently an old milk box in the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories. I took it home and planted it on the back porch. Every so often my son's friends will ask what it is. So I start telling stories of my boyhood and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk. 最近，我在乡下看见了一个旧牛奶箱，勾起了我童年的回忆，我把它带回家把它放在后门廊上。每次我儿子的朋友问起这是什么，我就开始讲述我的童年生活，关于送奶工因为牛奶和我们结下的友谊。
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D Why should mankind explore space? Why should money, time and effort be spent exploring and researching something with so few apparent benefits? Why should resources be spent on space rather than on conditions and people on Earth? These are questions that, understandably, are very often asked.Perhaps the best answer lies in our genetic makeup（基因构成）as human beings. What drove our ancestors to move from the trees into the plains, and on into all possible areas and environments? The wider the spread of a species, the better its chance of survival. Perhaps the best reason for exploring space is this genetic tendency to expand wherever possible. Nearly every successful civilization has explored, because by doing so, any dangers in surrounding areas can be identified and prepared for. Without knowledge, we may be completely destroyed by the danger. With knowledge, we can lessen its effects. Exploration also allows minerals and other potential（潜在的）resources to be found. Even if we have no immediate need of them, they will perhaps be useful later. Resources may be more than physical possessions. Knowledge or techniques have been acquired through exploration. The techniques may have medical applications which can improve the length or quality of our lives. We have already benefited from other spin-offs including improvements in earthquake prediction, in satellites for weather forecasting and in communications systems. Even non-stick pans and mirrored sunglasses are by-products（副产品）of technological developments in the space industry! While many resources are spent on what seems a small return, the exploration of space allows creative, brave and intelligent members of our species to focus on what may serve to save us. While space may hold many wonders and explanations of how the universe was formed or how it works, it also holds dangers. The danger exists, but knowledge can help human being to survive. Without the ability to reach out across space, the chance to save ourselves might not exist. While Earth is the only planet known to support life, surely the adaptive ability of humans would allow us to live on other planets. It is true that the lifestyle would be different, but human life and cultures have adapted in the past and surely could in the future为什么人类要去探索太空?为什么要花金钱,时间和精力去探索和研究某种东西结果却收效甚微？资源是为什么要花费在太空研究上上,而不是花在研究地球自身的状况和居住在这里的人类呢? 这样的问题总是被人提及也是可以理解的。 也许问题的最佳答案存在于我们人类的基因构成。是什么促使我们的远古祖先从树上（生活）迁居到平原（生活）,并继而拓展到所有可能的地区和环境去生活呢？（因为）物种扩散的范围越广泛，所生存下来的几率就越大。也许太空探索的最好理由就是源于这种遗传倾向：尽力扩张可能的生存领域。 几乎(历史上）每一个成功的人类文明都拓展过（自己的生存空间）,因为通过这样做,可以识别周边地区的危险并对其有所准备。没有这些（拓展空间的）知识,我们可能完全被那些危险所灭绝；而拥有了这种知识,我们就可以减少它的影响。 拓展和探索为也为发现矿物质和其他(潜在的)资源提供了可能，即使我们不是马上就要用到这些资源,但将来我们可能会用得上它们。资源不仅仅是实际上的拥有，通过探索我们可以获得知识或者技能，这些技能可能会有医学上的应用：延长我们的生命或提高我们的生存质量。我们已经受益于其他发现，这当中包括改进地震预测, 改进卫星的气象预报功能和通讯系统。即使不沾锅和镀膜的太阳镜也是航天事业技术发展的副产物! 虽然很多资源被花费到看似回报率很低的太空探索上,太空探索却允许我们中间富有创造性、勇敢以及智慧的同伴们去关注什么可以去拯救我们人类。而太空亦充满了诸多关于“宇宙是如何形成的”或者“它是怎样运行的”这类的疑问和答案。（探索的）危险是存在的,但知识可以帮助人类生存下去。没有走出去探索太空的能力,拯救我们自己的机会可能也不复存在。 尽管地球是已知的唯一一个可以繁衍生命的行星,但确定的是，我们人类自身的适应能力会帮助我们定居到其他行星。当然，生活方式会有所不同,但人类的生活和文化在过去已经显示出它的适应性，未来，也必然可以做得到。
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为什么人类需要探索太空？为什么金钱时间和努力要放到开发和探索看似没有什么收益的事情上？为什么资源会被投放在探索太空而不是人类居住的地球上？这是都是经常性被问到的问题。 也许这些问题最好的答案在于人类基因的组成。是什么促使我们的祖先从树上迁徙到平原到所有可能的区域和环境？一个物种更加广泛的传播，生存的可能性就越大。也许探索太空最好的理由就是人类这种基因趋势广泛的传播性。 几乎所有成功的文明都会进行探索，因为这样做，就可以对可能存在的危险做一个判定和有一个准备。没有常识，我们可能会被危险彻底击垮。一旦有了知识，我们就可以减轻危险的危害。 探索也能使我们发现矿物质个潜在的资源。即使我们没有即时对这些物质的需要，但有朝一日就会派上大用场。资源不仅仅是物质占有。我们需要通过探索学习技术和知识。这些技术可能会被应用于医疗领域从而增加生命的长度提高生活质量。我们也已经获得了一些附加利益比如对地震的预警天气预报和通信系统等领域。甚至不粘锅和镜像太阳镜都是太空行业科技探索出得副产品。 尽管很多资源被用在看似没什么回报（的探索太空领域），但是这使我们中有创造力，勇敢和智慧的人们服务于可能拯救我们的领域。而且太空包含着很多奇迹，也解释着我们的宇宙时怎样形成和运转的，但同时也包含危险。虽然危险存在，但人们可以运用知识克服它。如果没有探索太空的能力，拯救我们人类自己的可能性就不复存在（为零）。 尽管地球是唯一存在生命的星球，但是人类的适应能力也使我们能居住在其他星球。虽然生活方式会有不同，但是在过去可以形成形成人的生命和文化（指地球上），未来一定也可以（其他星球）。
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