I read a bit of the Icelandic sagas. They're fascinating in that they are completely ordinary. The farmer will go off into the hills and fight a troll, and then go back and do ordinary things. It's an odd mix of fantasy and reality.

  • -- Jonathan Stroud 乔纳森·斯庄德

我读了一些冰岛的传奇故事。它们的迷人之处在于它们完全是普通的。农夫会跑到山里去和巨怪搏斗,然后回去做一些普通的事情。这是幻想和现实的奇怪结合。

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Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putting any pressure upon his taste, surround himself with books, all in his own language, and thence forward have at least one place in the world.

一个普通的人,只要有了磅数和五年的身世,就可以在平常的生活中,不慌不忙,不加任何压力地让自己的趣味受到影响,在自己的周围摆满书,而且都是用自己的语言写的,因此,他在这个世界上至少还有一个地位。

In the past, it was only in science fiction novels that you could read about ordinary people being able to go to space... But you laid the foundation for space tourism.

在过去,只有在科幻小说中,你才能读到普通人能够进入太空的故事……但你为太空旅游打下了基础。

It's an odd world.

这是一个奇怪的世界。