When driving in a car on a hot summer day, you may see what looks like shimmering water on the road, which, as science tells us, is really just a mirage, an illusion caused by the heating of the air.

在炎热的夏天开车时，你可能会在路上看到闪闪发光的水，但科学告诉我们，这其实只是海市蜃楼，是空气加热造成的幻觉。

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At once there is a hush in the air, as though the street is singing a silent benediction. Tall, leafy mangroves line both sides of the road.

然后突然周围的空气都安静了下来：高大茂盛的红树整齐地排列在路两边，就好像街道在唱着一首无声的祝福曲。

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And as the road swooped low, pitched and plunged, I felt an exhilarating wildness in my veins - like a swallow, like a mistle thrush, like a bird of spring, buffeted by the sweet night air.

随着道路下坡俯冲，斜坡或是陡坡，我感觉血管中流淌着令人振奋的狂野——像燕子、像槲鸫、像春天的小鸟，夜晚甜蜜醉人的微风不断地吹拂着我。

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He spends a lot of time on the road, in the air and inside the well-appointed suites of the best hotels in the world.

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One stood in the middle of the road, idly tossing in the air a set of someone else's family pictures.

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So even though we drive more than we fly, with apologies to Jack Kerouac and George Clooney, it seems that there is basis for the claim that on the road is more dangerous than up in the air.

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