stranger still, by moving her elbow over a child's game of Lotto she was able to describe the figures and colours printed on it;

更为奇怪的是，她把肘部在儿童玩的“罗托”纸牌上移动一下，便能说出印在纸牌上的数字和颜色。

and so on up to the size of the globe.

如此等等，一直到全球的范围。

his early audiences found it easy to understand and forgive,

他的早期观众很容易接受，觉得应该原谅他，

not to mention the equally numerous small animals like field mice and voles which you do not see,

地上有不显眼的无数的老鼠和田鼠之类的小动物，

Arthur C.Clark once suggested a revolutionary idea passes through three phases:

Arthur C.Clark曾经提出，一个革命性的想法经过三个阶段：

and a very firm hand must be employed in the early stages.

因此开始阶段需要有一位强有力的老手。