To his surprise, 40 years ago, a village doctor asked Mrs. Read to stay in bed because of a bad cold.

让他吃惊的是，40年前，因为重感冒，一位乡村医生让里德太太卧床休息。

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I meet my friends for dinner or I just go to bed because it's so late and I'm tired.

我和我的朋友们一起吃晚饭，或者我直接上床睡觉，因为太晚了，而且我很累。

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Or do you dread getting out of bed because you don't have any energy?

或者你是否由于无精打采而恐惧起床？

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So you would say in the past tense "I lay on the bed because I was tired."

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This is the English translation because the poem is in Latin: Because you loved the blush of modesty and a stainless youth and because you did not taste the delight of the marriage-bed, lo! the rewards of virginity are reserved for you.

诗是用拉丁文写的，这是英文翻译：,诗歌大意：，你爱羞怯的脸红和无瑕的青春,未品尝过婚床上的欢愉，瞧！，你将因这贞洁获得奖赏。

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