There are, of course, dozens of figures taken from the texts of classical mythology who are alluded to throughout the first two books, but invariably they appear, just as Tantalus does in this very passage, within the context of a simile.

当然，这部作品有很多人物是取材自,经典神话故事，他们是用来表达隐喻的,贯穿着前两册书，他们始终出现，就像丹达罗斯在这一诗篇中，给予诗内容一种喻示。

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We give you a very rich table of constants that's got all kinds of things from the mass of the electron to the speed of light, and all this stuff to the requisite number of significant figures. And, in addition, you are allowed to take in one sheet of paper, 8 1/2 x 11 one sheet 8 1/2 x 11, you can write anything you want on it.

我们会给你一个很详实的常量表,将会涉及很多方面，从元素的电子,到光速，这些内容到有效数字的定量,还有，你们可以带来一张纸，纸的规格是，可以写任何你们想写的东西。

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