As the next section in the history textbook is especially dull, the teacher, just to gild the pill, is going to show a film related to that section.

由于历史书中下一节的内容特别枯燥，老师决定放一部有关的电影以提高大家的兴趣。

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Two sorts of history are especially dull for voters.

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In one sense the first debate achieved the worst of all worlds: it managed to be technical, even dull, without being substantive or especially honest.

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