他放下杯子时，啤酒撒到了桌子上。

As he put the glass down the beer slopped over onto the table.

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到了顶上，他放下担子，呼吸着纯净的清新空气。

Arriving on top, he threw down his load, breathing in the pure, fresh air.

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老师惊讶得说不出话来，他放下书，看着那个男孩。

In dumb astonishment, the teacher, putting down his book, looked at the boy.

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I think of it as a kind of reply to that famous question in "Leda and the Swan"; that is, "did she put on his knowledge with his power before the indifferent beak could let her drop?"

这是对丽达和天鹅中那个,著名问题的回答，在那冷漠的嘴把她放下之前,她是否用她的力量获取了他的知识？

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So he says, why don't you stop right now and send $100 to UNICEF.

所以他在书中写道,为什么你不立刻放下手中的书,给联合国儿童基金会寄去100美元呢

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