By extension we have our attempt as readers to arrive at an understanding of the first two books in general.

延伸开来，我们作为作者，试图,达成对这两卷书的大体上的理解。

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The attempt failed and, saddened by Eurydice's death, Orpheus spent the rest of his life avoiding the company of women.

但是最终还是失败了，欧律狄刻的死使他万分悲痛，俄耳甫斯在余生中不再要女人相陪。

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And in fact, an example of a methodological attempt was done by Henry Gleitman at University of Pennsylvania, who built a tickle machine, which was this box with these two giant hands that went "r-r-r-r."

实际上,宾夕法尼亚大学的亨利·葛雷曼,曾经进行过研究方法上的尝试,他发明了一台挠痒痒的机器,这是一个装有两只大手的箱子,双手会不停的去挠痒痒

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You'll remember there's first the bungled attempt by the two brothers to release her.

你们都记得他的两个哥哥第一次是,如何笨拙的尝试去解救她的。

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