Having said that, there's really nothing so dead as The Norton Anthology,or ponderous, and I do order it with a little--well, some misgivings for that.

顺便说，没有哪本书,会比《诺顿诗性颂》更加无趣，或者说冗长乏味，我买这本书的时候就有点焦虑不安。

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When all goes well, the body is also capable of engaging in higher order personal P-functioning.

当一切都正常时,肉体就能拥有高级的人格功能性。

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