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In 1860 Louis Pasteur performed experiments that eventually disproved “spontaneous generation, ” the idea that life continually arose from nonliving things..1860年，路易斯巴斯德做了个实验，最终反驳了“自然发生说”，这一说认为生命源源不断于无生命的物体。

But bully life reaches deeper and ties up the entire planet in the web of its network, also roping in the nonliving matrix of rock and gas into its coevolutionary antics..然而强悍的生命向更深处扎根，不但用它的网络将整个地球包裹起来，而且将没有生命的岩石和大气也串连进它的共同进化的怪诞行动之中。

He could still recognize nonliving objects, like a flashlight, a compass, a kettle or a canoe..他可以分辨非生命体，例如：闪光灯、指南针、水壶或者小船。