2.4 形容词短语用作后置定语（续2）

31. That level of fascination made sense in the days before telescopes could observe

details in planetary atomospheres, before space probes had explore Mars and

bulldozed into a comet, and before we understood the history of asteroid and comet

collisions, linking celestial bodies large and small.

在望远镜能够观测到行星大气之前的时代，在太空探测器探索火星、穿入彗星

之前，以及在人类了解小行星历史和彗星碰撞、把大小天体联系起来考虑之前

的时代，人们被行星序列的魅力所迷惑是讲得通的。

32. Peers past and present have certainly influenced Buffett's strategy.

过去和现在的慈善家们肯定对巴菲特的慈善战略造成过影响。

33. the present situation 现在的情形

34. a story much funnier than that 比那有趣多的故事

35. secretary-general 秘书长；总书记

36. within the city proper or in the suburbs 在市内或郊区

37. a winter climate similar to the best of summers

与夏日最好天气媲美的冬天气候

38. Buy one, get one free. 买一送一。

39. Shop fronts were piled up with all sorts of foods and gifts appropriate for the New

Year's holiday.

商店堆满了各种食物和礼物，这是为新年假期准备的。

40. a home education program appropriate for her son’s talents

适合她儿子天赋的家庭教育计划