and, behind the spectators, of the nations who work themselves into furies over these absurd contests, and seriously believe --

以及观众身后各个国家的态度。面对着这些荒唐的比赛，参赛的各个国家会如痴如狂，甚至煞有介事地相信 --

My particular experience is largely in oil,

我是专门搞石油的，

but belongs to the air, travelling it may be six thousand miles to and from its northern nesting home, feeding its flown young as it flies,

在空中十分自如，可以飞行6，000英里，可以飞往北方做窝的老家，再从老家飞回；一边飞一边喂养会飞的雏燕，甚至在顶风时也能在气流中滑翔，似乎气流在帮它前进。

In 1953, a former electronics engineer in his fifties, Christopher Cockerell,who had turned to boat-building on the Norfolk Broads,

在1953年，有一位50多岁名叫克里斯托弗·科克雷尔的原电子工程师，改行在诺福克郡的湖泊地区从事造船业，

or ignorant, or even that he has been unfair or unjust.

甚至承认自己做得不公平或不公正的父母，

We could, at one time, repair ourselves----well enough, at least,

而我们人，在一定时间内是可以自行修复的，