Six years ago, Mike could read and draw, but he could not write. Now he can do many things.

六年前麦克会阅读和画画，但是他不会写。现在他会做许多事情。

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But it's almost as if Milton were tempted now to make himself go even further back, to write a humble ode that he could place at the feet of the Creator, the Creator at the moment of the actual creation of the entire universe.

但弥尔顿那时好像,要把自己放回比那还要早的年代，来写一篇谦逊的颂歌安放在造物主的脚下，那时的造物主实际就是创造天地万物的神。

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