来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：新生有机化学 第1集 第1集》

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  or was marked as a precocious person.
  或将我视为早熟的人
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  I was a very lively, imaginative person
  我是一个非常活泼 富有想象力的人
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  and could believe in the Arabian Knights
  要我相信天方夜谭
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  as easily as the encyclopedia,
  和要我相信百科全书一样容易
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  but facts were important to me and saved me.
  但事实对我很重要 也使我得到救赎
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  I could trust a fact and always cross-examined an assertion.
  我相信事实 并总是反复验证来做确认
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  So when I questioned Mrs. Marcet's book
  因此 当我对玛西夫人的书有疑问时
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  by such little experiments as I could find means to perform,
  我就想办法做一些小实验
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  and found it true to the facts, as I could understand them,
  当发现它忠实于事实时 我也理解了
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  I felt I had got hold of an anchor in chemical knowledge
  我想我已掌握了化学知识的要点
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  and clung fast to it.
  并且掌握的很快
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  So the experiments were what did it.
  正是实验帮助他做到这一切