"The parson said the usual things about the sea-its blueness... Its beauty" (George du Maurier).

“牧师讲述了海的通常特点——如它的蓝色…它的美丽”(乔治·杜·莫里耶)。

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After all, it spawned George and Robert Stephenson's railway engines, Joseph Swan's electric light bulbs, and Sir Charles Parson's steam turbines and electricity generators.

ECONOMIST: The north-east's propensity for high-technology