He had to go to school of course, but he was bored there and tried to do as little work as possible.

当然他必须去上学，但他厌烦学校，并尽可能地少做功课。

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"If I took you to a country where they were reading Sanskrit and I was writing that on the board - well anyone would behave badly - how bored would you be when you tried to follow it and all you could understand was the odd word, " says Mr Ryan.

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