他向苏格兰染料厂的老板罗伯特·普拉尔询问建议,后者向他保证说,如果染料的颜色保持鲜艳,那么制造这种染料就很值得。
He asked advice of Scottish dye works owner Robert Pullar, who assured him that manufacturing the dye would be well worth it if the colour remained fast.
处理这项提案的参议员罗伯特·伯德态度明确,他说如果我们不屈服,就可以打破议事阻挠手段。
Senator Robert Byrd, who was handling the proposal, was adamant that if we didn't bend, we could break the filibuster.
他的母亲闻声连忙跑到厨房里来,可并没有对他大叫大嚷,也没有狠狠地教训或惩罚他,只是说:“哇!”罗伯特!
When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of yelling at him, giving him a lecture or punishing him, she said, "Robert, what a great and wonderful mess you have made!"
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