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Sarunnio Posted 19 years ago
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Need help on some reading

0I just read a book and I didn't understand some part of the paragraph, as below.02br
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00 So here he was, on his second visit to the Moon, and sending back reports of two thousand words a day. The mystery and wonder of a world as big as Africa, and still almost completely unknown. 01u00Just a stone's throw away from the enclosed Plato City was a great02u00, silent emptiness that would test human cleverness for centuries to come.02br
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00What does the underlined sentence mean? Could anyone clarify it for me in another words?02br
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00Thanks in advance,0-
  

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02br 02br 00So just outside this enclosed city is a silent emptiness0-

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0 A sci-fi tale?02br
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00"enclosed Plato City" - a city which is enclosed in a transparent (probably) dome so that normal oxygen levels can be maintained.02br
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00"Just a stone's throw away" - idiom meaning not very far from somewhere - only as far as you can throw a stone.02br
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00So just outside this enclosed city is a silent
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