That was Frank McCourt reading the opening lines of his book "Angela's Ashes", released in nineteen ninety-six.

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Aristotle appears to give two different accounts in the opening pages of the book that you might pay attention to.

亚里士多德在其书开头前几页,给出了两种不同的说法,你们要多加留意。

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And the appearance of conventionality is supported by the opening words of the book in his dedicatory letter.

且常规的表面,有本书开头前几个字正面背书,就在他的献辞中。

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Another example is at the very opening of the book: The train was racing through treetops that fell away at intervals and showed the sun standing very red on the edge of the farthest woods.

在书的最开头还有一个例子：,“在树林中，火车疾驰，若隐若现,时不时地露出远方树林,边缘的火红的夕阳,一旁是弯弯曲曲。

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But I think you can see the big themes of the book already very present in the opening scene of the dialogue.

但我想你们已可以看出本书的大主题,在对话一开始,即非常明显地点出。

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You can see these opening pages of the book, dense argument being condensed in very deep ways, carry a great deal of freight.

你们可以看到书的开头前几页，密集的辩论都集结在那,且探得很深，包含很大量的材料。

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Note that in the opening pages of the book, Aristotle doesn't say anything yet about what kind of city or regime is best.

注意在书一开始的前几页，亚里士多德并未谈到,任何有关最佳城市或政体的言论。

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