We have made many glass vessels... with tubes two cubits long. These were filled with mercury, the open end was closed with the finger, and the tubes were then inverted in a vessel where there was mercury.

-- Evangelista Torricelli 托里切利福音

我们做了许多玻璃器皿……有两腕尺长的管子。这些管子里装满了水银，打开的一端用手指合上，然后把管子倒在一个有水银的容器里。

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For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim.

有一种啤酒，不掺水的时候味道很浓，但喝惯了的人都喜欢喝。他们看见大麦浮在其上，就拿著苇子，从盛酒的器皿里拿出来喝。

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Mercury pollution from power plants is a national problem that requires a national response.

发电厂造成的汞污染是一个全国性的问题，需要全国作出反应。

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When a large vessel has opened a way it is easy for a small one to follow.

当一艘大船开了一条路，小船很容易跟着走。

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