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Lectures often seem very formal and empty things; recitations generally prove very dull and nrewarding.
课堂讲授常常显得很一本正经而空洞无物，背诵往往非常枯燥而收效甚微。

I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle.
在送我批阅的陆军部档案中，我看到一份马萨诸塞州陆军副官长写的报告，说您便是有五个儿子光荣牺牲在战场上的那位母亲。

Days of witchery, subtly sweet,
迷人的日子，发出飘逸的幽香。

A wet Sunday in a country inn! Whoever has had the luck to experience one can alone judge of my situation.
乡村客栈一个阴雨的星期天！凡有幸度过这样一天的人，都能体会我现在的处境。

“噢，如果这么一点点水产生的蒸气力量有那么大，那么大量的水产生的蒸气力量不就大得多了吗？为什么不可以使蒸气顶起比这重得多的东西呢？为什么不可以使蒸气转动轮子呢？”

A poor chimney-sweeper, who had not enough money to buy a meal, stopped one hot summer day at noon before an eating-house, and remained regaling his nose with the smell of the victuals.
有一个贫穷的扫烟囱工人，穷得连一顿饭也买不起。一个炎热的夏天中午，他在一家餐馆前停下来，站在那儿用鼻子贪婪地嗅着食物的香味。