Having said that, there's really nothing so dead as The Norton Anthology,or ponderous, and I do order it with a little--well, some misgivings for that.

顺便说，没有哪本书,会比《诺顿诗性颂》更加无趣，或者说冗长乏味，我买这本书的时候就有点焦虑不安。

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Possibility number one is, no it doesn't make any difference--uninteresting possibility.

第一种可能性是，没有，没有产生任何影响，无趣的可能性。

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