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I have recently said that the future of the human race is compromised by①be compromised by被……危害；被……連累 turtle 英 ['t??t(?)l] 美 ['t?tl] n. 龜，甲魚；海龜the damage that we are doing to our small overcrowded planet and that we should think about exploring planets that may have the potential to sustain②sustain 英 [s?'ste?n] 美 [s?'sten] vt. 維持；支撐，承擔(dān)；忍受；供養(yǎng)；證實(shí) steady 英 ['sted?] 美 ['st?di] adj. 穩(wěn)定的；不變的；沉著的vi. 穩(wěn)固 vt. 使穩(wěn)定；穩(wěn)固；使堅(jiān)定 adv. 穩(wěn)定地；穩(wěn)固地human life. I'm not suggesting that the whole population moves to a new planet, just a select③select英 [s?'lekt] 美 [s?'l?kt]vt. 挑選；選拔 adj. 精選的；挑選出來的；極好的 vi. 挑選 n. 被挑選者；精粹stall英 [st??l] 美 [st?l] n. 貨攤；畜欄；托詞 vi. 停止，停轉(zhuǎn)；拖延vt. 拖延；使停轉(zhuǎn)；使陷于泥中few to ensure the survival of the human race. We are motivated to elevate humanity, but first we need the imagination to do so. We need imagine how we will live in the future. To see in our mind's eyes, what might be done to alleviate④alleviate 英 [?'li?v?e?t] 美 [?'liv?'et]vt. 減輕，緩和far behind與……相差很遠(yuǎn)today's problems and better imagine a future for all. I do not believe that traditional culture will disappear.I think our art and music are human oriented and would be meaningless to an alien species.

— Stephen Hawking