He could not read music, but he could play music that he heard.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

He wasn't that widely read, I must admit, but it shows us how far pro-slavery could ultimately go.

我必须承认,他的作品流传不广,但他向人们展示了亲奴主义者可以走多远

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

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。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Startled by the intense beam he generated when he rigged the diode to his bike generator, he recalls saying to his partner, "Good God,a child could read by the light of a single diode."

VOA: standard.2009.12.13