Strangers who had heard of many such cases now merely heard of one more; but immediately where a blow falls no previous imaginings amount to appreciable preparation for it.

过去已听说过许多这类事情陌生人，现在只不过是又听到一件而已；但是那些直接遭受打击人，无论之前怎样像，也达不到对此已作好心理准备。

Yeah. It's of supreme importance that the goblet, table-cloth, and plates should be made shiningly clean, so that the color of the wine is clearly visible and the delicate aroma and taste are fully appreciable.

是。所以有一点非常重要，那就是酒杯、桌布和盘子都要擦洗得一尘不染，为就是使酒颜色清楚可见。酒口感和气味再微妙也能感受出来。

But when that does happen, when the last star dies, it means that the only objects left in the Universe generating appreciable energy will be the corpses of stars: white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes.

但当这一切真发生时，当最后一颗恒星死亡时，这意味着宇宙中剩下唯一能产生可观能量物体将是恒星尸体：白矮星、中子星和黑洞。