倘若你在小学期间搬家的话，那么你可能会错过一些重要的课程，比如连笔书写。

If you moved house during your primary years you may have entirely missed some vital topic—joined-up writing, say.

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单词“cursive”有“奔跑”之意；而发明该字体就是以流畅的连笔以及花哨的收笔来取代以往费时的停顿（笔尖离开纸面，译者注）。

The word “cursive” means running; it was invented to avoid time-wasting lifting of the stylus or the pen, with a series of fluid joins and, in the most hectic styles, looping ascenders and descenders.

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他补充说，工作环境仍然糟糕透顶，有些警察局连笔和手纸都没有，甚至没钱给车子加油。

Working conditions, he added, remain abysmal, noting that some police stations lacked pens, toilet paper or money for gas.

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