The British Government will never promise to pay you 10% more each year because they can't do it.

英国政府永远都不会承诺给你们,每年支付你们高于10%的利息,因为他们根本就做不到

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He didn't even begin to fulfill what we can think of as his epic promise until he was nearly fifty years old, until he had actually lost the use of his eyes, until he could no longer read, and until he could no longer use a pen to write.

但真正开始实行他要写史诗的愿望的时候,弥尔顿已经将近50岁了，那是他已经几乎,丧失了视力，不能再读书，不能执笔写作。

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