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The novelopens in a world in which humanity has gotten rid of most technology and uses amind-bending s______1______ called Spice to extend life, improve the mind, andbestow limited powers. And it is used as a form of c______2______.
It isa distant g_____3______, in the far future year, 10191. Arrakis is a desertplanet and the only source of Spice, one of the most valuable substances in theworld used by the n_____4______ for space travel from star system to starsystem. Two families, the Atreides and the Harkonnens, fight one another forsole control of the Spice mining operations on Arrakis.
WhenDuke Leto Atreides is assassinated by the e______5_____ Baron Harkonnen, DukeLeto's son, Paul, and Paul's mother, the Lady Jessica, f______6_____ deep intothe desert of Arrakis. There, they are b______7_____ by the Fremen, natives ofArrakis. Under the influence of Spice, Paul learns he has special powers and,that he can see into the future.
Paulproves his m_____8______ in the Fremen society. He unites the Freman under hisleadership, forms an army of w______9_____, and leads them into battle againstBaron Harkonnen and the corrupt Padishah Emperor, Shaddam IV, who is in l_____10______with the Harkonnens. Paul vows to a_____11______ his father's murder, and setsout to liberate Arrakis and its people from the Emperor's rule, and to fulfillhis d______12_____.
substance ['sʌbstəns]n.物质;实质;
bestow[bɪ'stəʊ]v.给予;恩赐;把…赠与
currency['kʌrənsi]n.货币;通货;
galaxy['ɡæləksi]n.星系;银河;银河系
mining['maɪn]v.挖矿;开采;挖掘
assassinate[ə'sæsɪneɪt]n.暗杀;行刺;刺杀
corrupt[kə'rʌpt]n.腐败的;败坏的;堕落的
league[li:g]n.同盟;联盟
avenge[ə'vendʒ]n.为...报仇;报复;复仇
destiny[['destəni]n.命运;宿命;天命
【参考译文】
这部小说开始时进入到这样一个世界:在这个世界里,人类已经摆脱了大多数技术,并使用了一种叫“香料”的致幻物质来延长生命,提高心智,赋予有限的力量。它还被用作一种货币。
这是一个遥远的星系,在遥远的未来的10191年。阿拉基斯是一个沙漠星球,也是香料的唯一来源,香料是世界上最有价值的物质之一,被太空航行者用于从一个恒星系统到另一个恒星系统的太空旅行。阿特雷德家族和哈科宁家族这两个家族为争夺对阿拉基斯香料开采作业的唯一控制权而相互争斗。
莱托·阿特雷德斯公爵被邪恶的哈科宁男爵暗杀后,莱托公爵的儿子保罗和保罗的母亲杰西卡夫人逃到了阿拉基斯的沙漠深处。在那里,他们得到了阿拉基斯土著弗里曼人的帮助。在香料的影响下,保罗知道他有特殊的能力,他可以预见未来。
保罗在弗里曼社会证明了他的男子气概。他把弗雷曼团结在他的领导下,形成了一支勇士军队,并带领他们与男爵哈科宁以及与哈科宁家族结盟的腐败的帕迪沙皇帝即沙达姆四世作战。保罗发誓要为他父亲被谋杀报仇,并着手将阿拉基斯及其人民从皇帝的统治中解放出来,并且去完成他的使命。
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