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1、unit4TheWateryPlaceItwasjustanerror,astupiderror,thekindanyonecouldmake.OnlynowEarthisnevergoingtohaveanothervisitorfromspace.Notever.TheWateryPlaceIssacAsimov1We'renevergoingtohavevisitorsfromspace.NoextraterrestrialswilleverlandonEarth--atleast,anymore.2I'mnotjustbeingapessimist.A
2、samatteroffact,extraterrestrialshavelanded.Iknowthat.Spaceshipsarecrisscrossingspaceamongamillionworlds,probably,buttheywillnevercomehere.Iknowthat,too.Allonaccountofaridiculouserror.3I'llexplain.4ItwasactuallyBartCameron'serrorandyou'llhavetounderstandaboutBartCameron.He'sthesherif
3、fatTwinGulch,Idaho,andI'mhisdeputy.BartCameronisanimpatientmanandhegetsmostimpatientwhenhehastoworkuphisincometax.Yousee,besidesbeingsheriff,healsoownsandrunsthegeneralstore,he'sgotsomesharesinasheepranch,he'sgotakindofpensionforbeingadisabledveteran(badknee)andafewotherthingsliketh
4、at.Naturally,itmakeshistaxfigurescomplicated.5Itwouldn'tbesobadifhe'dletataxmanworkontheformswithhim,butheinsistsondoingithimselfanditmakeshimabitterman.ByApril14,heisn'tapproachable.6Soit'stoobadtheflyingsaucerlandedonApril14,1956.7Isawitland.Mychairwasbackedupagainstthewallinthesh
5、eriff'soffice,andIwaslookingatthestarsthroughthewindowsandwonderingifIoughttoknockoffandhitthesackorkeeponlisteningtoCameroncurserealsteadyashewentoverhiscolumnsoffiguresforthehundredtwenty-seventhtime.8Itlookedlikeashootingstaratfirst,butthenthetrackoflightbroadenedintotwothingstha
6、tlookedlikerocketexhaustsandthethingcamedownwithoutasound.9Twomengotout.10Icouldn'tsayanythingordoanything.Icouldn'tchokeorpoint;Icouldn'tevenbugmyeyes.Ijustsatthere.11Cameron?Heneverlookedup.12Therewasaknockonthedoor.Itopenedandthetwomenfromtheflyingsaucersteppedin.Iwouldhavethough
7、ttheywerecityfellowsifIhadn'tseentheflyingsaucerland.Theyworegraysuits,withwhiteshirtsanddarkred-brownties.Theyhadonblackshoesandblackhats.Theyhaddarkcomplexions,blackwavyhairandbrowneyes.Theyhadveryseriouslooksontheirfacesandwereaboutfivefoottenapiece.Theylookedverymuchalike.13God,
8、Iwasscared.14ButCam
