With the Odyssey, I found at first that it was hard to take in as much when I read aloud as when I read silently to myself. But that changed.

当初我读《奥德赛》时，我发现不论是我大声朗读，还是默默咏读，都很难使人理解。

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It is hard to take up drawing again at my age, when I have never made any pictures except those of the boa constrictor from the outside and the boa constrictor from the inside, since I was six.

象我这样年纪的人，而且除了六岁时画过闭着肚皮的和开着肚皮的巨蟒外，别的什么也没有尝试过，现在，重新再来画画，真费劲啊！

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It was very hard to take it all seriously when a significant percentage of my pals in the school coffee bar were Paralympians.

BBC: Paralympics: The perils of being a blind athlete

When Liverpool took the trophy (in 2005), it was hard to take.

BBC: Judge us on honours, says Carrick

It was hard to believe boasts from Oakley management, especially when the smaller company would have to take on Nike and Adidas for shelf space.

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