Milton, who is writing at the present moment of December of 1629, is claiming the capacity to arrive at a moment in history that he has already described as a long-completed one.

这首诗作于1629年12月，这时弥尔顿正在慢慢具备他达到历史性时刻的能力,而这时他也已经被这样称赞着。

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Now the first the eat food: well he has a long discussion, and as you'll know from the book, about what is food?

他做了大篇幅关于饮食的讨论,你可以从书中了解到,什么是食物

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He has data for a very long time period, 1802 to 2006, for the U.S.

他的数据是采用美国从1802年到2006年，相当长的一段时间。

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