But the first people who were like ourselves lived so long ago that even their sagas, if they had any, are forgotten.

但是，和我们相似的原始人生活的年代太久远了，因此，有关他们的传说既使有如今也失传了。

the bank must recognize its customer's signature.

因为银行有责任辩认出其储户的签名。

it may have been because curiosity attracted them and because the scent of a possible meal attracted the sharks.

那么它们可能是出于好奇；而鲨鱼可能是闻到了可以美食一顿的香味。

She was intended to play a leading role in the growing might of Sweden.

目的就是要在不断增长的瑞典势力中起主导作用。

so that there are heavy odds in favour of our dying between the ages of sixty-five and eighty.

我们最可能死亡的年龄在65至80岁之间，

drawing the particle first towards the advancing wave,

先把微粒拉向前移的海浪，