Smith had put on round wire-rimmed glasses, and she was looking over some scrawled notes for her speech.

史密斯带上了圆形丝框眼镜，看了看为演讲准备的潦草笔记，在心里预演她上台后将要讲的一个故事：“我父亲是一个非常有智慧的人。

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The London Times was dismissive and gave scientific arguments for why speech could not be transmitted over a wire.

《泰晤士报》对此不屑一顾，还发表了一通科学论断，力证语音是不能通过电线传输的。

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Each year, it was a down-to-the-wire, nail-biter speech.

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