Milton has just been entertaining the glorious moment of the apocalypse at the end of time because he's always looking further and further and further ahead.

弥尔顿刚要享受,基督启示最后这一辉煌的时刻,因为他总是不断努力朝前看。

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You saw that in the way he stood bobbing his head, always looking down, nodding like a young boxer to instructions to make you think he was listening to every word, throwing in a thousand "yes"es and "that's right."

你看他站着摇头晃脑的样子，总是朝下看，像年轻的拳击手听指令时一样,那样晃着脑袋，好让你觉得他在听你说的每个字，一边不断附和着“是““对“

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