1·Class-four restaurants are the last oases of natural companionship, and they tend to be in the suburbs rather than in the city; these are the places one remembers in prison.
那些四类餐馆是人们仍会出自本性而凑在一起的最后的绿洲，这些餐馆通常在郊外，不在城市里；这些是一个人在监狱里面会想起的地方。
2·And will some of the objects launched from the Earth spawn new oases of life elsewhere?
从地球上发射出去的某些东西会不会在其他地方孕育出新的生命绿洲？
3·Find those places in your city and use them as oases.
在你所居住的城市里找到你的绿洲。
4·Such oases of energy are a huge opportunity for Africa - and for every other region with enough sunshine hours.
这些能源的绿洲是非洲的巨大机遇，也是那些有大面积日照国家的机遇。
5·Skirting the edges of the harsh and inhospitable Taklimakan desert, the Silk Road actually had several different branches, each passing through different oases.
丝绸之路其实有数条支线，它们分别沿着环境恶劣、不适合人类居住的塔克拉玛干沙漠外缘，穿越不同的绿洲。