Milton has dug up a gem from the pages of The Iliad, and this gem has something like a Medusa effect on the poem or on us as readers.

弥尔顿从《伊利亚特》中挖出了一块瑰宝，这块瑰宝给诗或我们读者带来的影响如同美杜莎所带来的影响。

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Milton has dug up a gem from the pages of The Iliad, and this gem has something like a Medusa effect on the poem or perhaps on us as readers. Time almost seems to stop when we begin appreciating this image solely on aesthetic grounds.

弥尔顿从《伊利亚特》中挖出了一块瑰宝，这块瑰宝对于诗或我们读者起得作用,如同美杜莎一样，在我们只欣赏着,精美绝伦的地面上的场景时，时间仿佛停止。

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Rothman has made a five-minute instructional video on gem-cutting that his dealers can hand out like business cards.

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