1. Every illness is a story,and when Annie's began it was characterized by the kinds of (unexceptional / nondescript) details that mean nothing until seen in hindsight .
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when Annie's began 怎么理解
2. Recent proposals for fixing the climate have taken the form of large-scale geoengineering projects such as launching mirrors into space to reflect solar radiation away from Earth,undertakings that are vastly more (enterprising)than anything a 17th rainmaker could have cooked up. What is unclear ,as one looks back at the history of weather modification research, is whether this resourceful ambition will be (productive), or if , by contrast , it serves to make the scientific community's (impotence ) that much more devastating.
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这个whether可以理解成 whether A or not 后面的整个if从句 就是not的改写??
这个whether这么用很少见啊
while the prime Minister‘s long-standing reputation for (centralizing)political power may(raise doubts about)his recently stated willingness to devolve real power to regional assemblies and local government ,it certainly not( allow )his doing it。