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Would you choose to live underground if you could gain many advantages from doing so? Weather would no longer trouble you. Temperature would remain the same all the year round. Artificial lighting could make the rhythm of our life uniform everywhere. And the ecology of the natural world above ground would be greatly improved. Still, the prospect of moving underground may not be appealing to many people.

THE NEW CAVES

Isaac Asimov

During the ice ages, human beings exposed to the colder temperatures of the time would often make their homes in ces. There they found greater fort and security than they would he in the open.

We still live in ces called houses, again for fort and security. Virtually no one would willingly sleep on the ground under the stars. Is it possible that someday we may seek to add further to our fort and security by building our houses underground —— in new, manmade ces?

It may not seem a palatable suggestion, at first though. We he so many evil associations with the underground. In our myths and legends, the underground is the realm of evil spirits and of the dead, and is often the location of an afterlife of torment. （This may be because dead bodies are buried underground, and because volcanic eruptions make the underground appear to be a hellish place of fire and noxious gases.）

Yet there are advantages to underground life, too, and something to be said for imagining whole cities, even mankind generally, moving downward; of hing the outermost mile of the Earth's crust honeybed with passages and structures, like a gigantic ant hill.

First, weather would no longer be important, since, it is primarily a phenomenon of the atmosphere. Rain, snow, sleet, fog would not trouble the underground world. Even temperature variations are limited to the open surface and would not exist underground. Whether day or night, summer or winter, temperatures in the underground world remain equable and nearly constant. The vast amounts of energy now expended in warming our surface surroundings when they are too cold, and cooling them when they are too warm, could be sed. The damage done to manmade structures and to human beings by weather would be gone. Transportation over local distances would be simplified. （Earthquakes would remain a danger, of course.）

Second, local time would no longer be important. On the surface, the tyranny of day and night cannot be oided, and when it is morning in one place, it is noon in another, evening in still another and midnight in yet another. The rhythm of human life therefore varies from place to place. Underground, where there is no externally produced day, but only perpetual darkness, it would be arificial lighting that produces the day and this could be adjusted to suit man's convenience.

The whole world could be on eight-hour shifts, starting and ending on the stroke everywhere, at least as far as business and munity endeors were concerned. This could be important in a freely mobile world. Air transportation over long distances would no longer he entail "jet lag." Individuals landing on another coast or another continent would find the society they reached geared to the same time of day as at home.

Third, the ecological structure could be stabilized. To a certain extent, mankind encumbers the Earth. It is not only his enormous numbers that take up room; more so, it is all the structures he builds to house himself and his machines, to make possible his transportation and munication, to offer him rest and recreation. All these things distort the wild, depriving many species of plants and animals of their natural habitat —— and sometimes, involuntarily, foring a few, such as rats and roaches.

If the works of man were removed below ground —— and, mind you, below the level of the natural world of the burrowing animals —— man would still occupy the surface with his farms, his forestry, his observation towers, his air terminals and so on, but the extent of that occupation would be enormously decreased. Indeed, as one imagines the underground world to bee increasingly elaborate, one can visualize much of the food supply eventually deriving from hydroponic growth in artificially illuminated areas underground. The Earth's surface might be increasingly turned over to park and to wilderness, maintained at ecological stability.

Fourth, nature would be closer. It might seem that to withdraw underground is to withdraw from the natural world, but would that be so? Would the withdrawal be more plete than it is now, when so many people work in city buildings that are often windowless and artificially conditioned? Even where there are windows, what is the prospect one views （if one bothers to） but sun, sky, and buildings to the horizon —— plus some limited greenery?

And to get away from the city now? To reach the real countryside? One must trel horizontally for miles, first across city pements and then across suburban sprawls.

In an underworld culture, the countryside would be right there, a few hundred yards above the upper level of the cities —— wherever you are. The surface would he to be protected from too frequent, or too intense, or too careless visiting, but however carefully restricted the upward trips might be, the chances are that the dwellers of the new ces would see more greenery, under ecologically healthier conditions, than dwellers of surface cities to today.

However odd and repulsive underground living may seem at first thought, there are tings to be said for it —— and I hen't even said them all.

New Words

virtually

ad. almost

someday

ad. at some uncertain future time 有朝一日

underground

a. below the surface of the earth; secret 地下的；秘密的

ad. under the earth's surface; secretly

manmade

a. produced by people; not existing in nature

palatable

a. agreeable to the taster or （fig.） to the mind; acceptable 可口的；受欢迎的

association

n. an idea or object connected with another idea in thought 联想

legend

n. an old story handed down from the past, esp. one of doubtful truth 传说；传奇

spirit

n. 神灵；鬼怪

location

n. a place or position 场所，位置

afterlife

n. the life after death as is believed by some people 来世

torment

n. sever pain or suffering in mind or body 痛苦；折磨

volcanic

a. of, like, produced or caused by a volcano

eruption

n. outbreak of a volcano; （an example of） the action of erupting （火山）爆发

hellish

a. like hell, horrible, devilish

noxious

harmful to people, plants, or animals 有害的，有毒的

mankind

n. the human race 人类

downward

ad. towards a lower level or position

outermost

a. farthest from the inside or center

crust

n. 地壳

honeyb

vt. fill with holes, tunnels, etc. 使成蜂窝状

gigantic

a. huge, enormous; of or like a giant 巨大的，庞大的

ant

n. 蚂蚁

fog

n. very thick mist

variation

n. the action of varying; an example or degree of varying 变化

equable

a. steady; not changing much 稳定的

constant

a. unchanging; fixed 永桓的

simplify

vt. make simple; make easy to do or understand

earthquake

n. sudden and violent movements of the earth's surface 地震

tyranny

n. the cruel or unjust use of power to rule a person or country 专制

vary

v. （cause to） the different 变化

variable

a. likely to vary; not steady 易变的

n. sth. which can vary in quantity or size 变量

externally

ad. outside

external a.

artifical

a. not natural or real; manmade

adjust

vt. set right; change slightly, esp. in order to make suitable for a particular job or new conditions 调整；调节

convenience

n. personal fort or advantage; the quality of being convenient 便利，方便

convenient a.

stoke

n. sound made by a bell striking the hours 钟鸣声

munity

n. the people living in a particular area considered as a whole; the area itself 社区（居民）

endeo（u）r

n. effort, attempt 努力

vt. 试图

mobile

a. movable; able to move, or be moved, quickly and easily 活动的

entail

vt. make （an event or action） necessary 使成为必需

jet

n. a narrow stream or streams of liquid, gas, etc. ing forcefully out of a small hole; any aircraft that is pushed through the air by a jet engine 喷射；喷气式飞机

lag

n. falling behind; interval between two related events, processes, etc. 滞后；（事件等的）间隔

jet lag

（长时间乘飞机旅行后产生的）时差反应

coast

n. the land on or close to the edge of the sea 海岸；海滨

gear

vt. adjust, adapt,; connect by gears

n. 齿轮；（汽车等的）排档

stabilize

v. （cause to） bee firm, steady, or unchanging; （cause to） keep in balance 使稳定；使平衡

extent

n. degree; length; area; range 程度，范围

encumber

vt. crowd, fill up; hinder, hamper the function of 塞满，妨碍

recreation

n. play or amusement 娱乐

deprive

vt. take away from; prevent from using or enjoying 剥夺

species

n. 物种

habitat

n. natural home of a plant or an animal 产地；栖息

involuntarily

ad. carried out without one's conscious wishes, unintentionally 不自觉地；无意识地

rat

n. 鼠

roach

n. 蟑螂

burrow

v. dig a hole in the ground 打（地洞）

n. a hole made in the ground （by foxes, rabbits, etc.）

forestry

n. forest land; science of planting and caring for forests 林地；林学

terminal

n. a place or set of buildings for the use of passengers 终点站

air terminal

n. a building at an airport for boarding and discharging passengers from aircraft; a bus station in center of a town for passengers going to or arriving from an airport 航空终点站；航空集散站

occupation

n. the act of occupying or the state or period of being occupied

elaborate

a. worked out with great care; plicated 精心制作的；复杂的

visualize

vt. form a picture of （sb. or sth.） in the mind; imagine 想像

visual

a. of or gained by seeing 视觉的

derive

vi. e （from）; originate 来（自），起源（于）

vt. get

hydroponic

a. 溶液培养（学）的；水栽法的

illuminate

vt. give light to; throw light on 照亮，照明

wilderness

n. wild uncultivated waste land 荒野

stability

n. the quality or state of being stable 稳定（性）

withdraw （withdrew, withdrawn）

v. move back or away; take out or away 撤退，撤回

withdrawal

n. withdrawing or being withdrawn

condition

vt. bring into a desired state or condition 使处于良好状态

greenery

n. green lees or plants 草木

countryside

n. land outside the cities and towns; country area 农村

horizontally

ad. 水平地

horizontal a.

pement

n. （BrE） a ped surface or path a street for people to walk on, （AmE） the ped surface of a street （英）人行道， （美）铺过的道路

suburban

a. of or in a suburb 郊区的

sprawl

n. a widespread untidy area, esp. of buildings 散乱的街区

underworld

n. a region underground

culture

n. ideas, customs and art shared by a particular society; a particular society or civilization 文化；文明

intense

a. （of qualities） high in degree 强烈的

restrict

vt. keep within limits 限制

dweller

n. a person or animal that lives （in the stated place）; inhabitant 居住者

repulsive

a. very unpleasant; causing strong dislike and fear 令人厌恶的

Phrases prevent from using or hing 剥夺

mind you

（used as an interj.） please note, take this fact into account 听着；请注意

derive from

e from; obtain from 来自，起源于；从……得到

turn over

give （to sb.） for use or care 移交；交给

get away from

succeed in leing; escape 离开；逃脱

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