where people first learned to write.

那里的人最早学会了写字。

he is lending the bank money, repayment of which he may demand at any time,

就等于把钱借给了银行。这笔钱他可以随时提取，

Another patient might equally well complain that her neighbours were combining to slander her and persecute her,

另有一位病人可能同样有理由抱怨说，她的邻居们正在联合起来对她进行诽谤和迫害，

From the shore line, out to a distance which may be anywhere from a few miles to a few hundred miles,

从海岸线向大海延伸几英里到几百英里的区域是大陆架慢坡，

among historians of science a new and more sophisticated picture has emerged.

但在科学史家中间，一个新的更加复杂的伽利略的形象出现了。

he might as well try to explain a crime or a love affair.

他还不如给人讲一个犯罪案件或一个恋爱故事。