So it seems to make sense that music came "before we had this complicated articulate language that we use to do abstract thinking. "
这似乎和“在我们能用复杂清晰的语言进行抽象思考之前，音乐就产生了”的说法不谋而合。His shoulders were huge, his head square, and the muscles beneath his MIT T-shirt rippled like a plastic trash can left out in a heat wave.
他肩宽背大，脑袋方方。麻绳理工T恤里面的肌肉一檩子一檩子象被炉子烫抽巴了的塑料桶。But on very overcast days those clock-shifted pigeons are just as good as normal pigeons in starting out in the right directions.
可在乌云蔽日这时那些生物钟已经改变了的信鸽在沿正确的方向起飞前行方面仍像正常的鸽子那样，做得非常好。They noticed that the Elephant was limping, and then they saw the long blackwood splinter sticking out of his swollen foot.
木匠们先是注意到大象一瘸一拐地，然后发现它肿了的脚上穿透出来的长长的黑檀木片。"The good news is, " I say to her, when she was just beginning to hatch this Evil Plan of hers, "you won't die. "
“好在，”在Cindi胡斯乱想些坏结果的时候我告诉她，“你死不了的。”Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, as through neglect; broken-down and shabby.
坍坏的，破旧了的处于一种年久失修或朽坏状态的；残垣断壁的。The broker carried out a standard series of checks, including verifying the company's federal registration and its insurance coverage.
此经理人通过了一系列标准的核查，包括认证了的公司联邦注册和他的保险范围。I turned away, remembering a heaving deck and wind-hurtled rain, and holding Keefer by the front of his sodden shirt while I cursed him.
我转过身，想起了在那波涛翻腾的甲板上，风雨交加，我一边抓住基弗湿透了的衬衫前部，一边咒骂他。It had been set in hardened henna because doctors had run out of regular bandages.
伤处已用硬化了的指甲花包裹，因为医生早已用完了绷带。