他们以自己的方式生活，激发了中世纪的想象力，刺激了15至16世纪的大发现时代。
They took on a life of their own and they inspired the medieval imagination, spurred on the age of discovery in the 15th and 16th centuries.
另外在圣诞节前，美国国会同意奥巴马同共和党人的意向：延长布什时代旨在进一步刺激消费的富人减税措施时效。
Also before Christmas, Congress agreed to Mr Obama's deal with Republicans that extends the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy in return for more stimulus spending.
你就算不像汤姆·伍尔夫（Tom Wolfe）在《小妈妈》(tiny mummies）中那样，对纽约客这一传统感到嗤之以鼻，也应该会有这样的感觉：时代需要更疯狂的幽默，更刺激的写作风格。
You didn’t have to share Tom Wolfe’s “tiny mummies” disdain for the New Yorker’s heritage to feel that the times demanded madder humor and stronger stimulants.
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