but as soon as a the question of prestige arises, as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused.

可是一量涉及到荣誉问题，一旦你想到你和某一团体会因为你输而丢脸时，那么最野蛮的争斗天性便会激发起来。

and we control it by means of the mud which we circulate down the drill pipe.

我们让泥浆顺着钻杆向下循环，用这种方法来控制压力。

like a vulgar flare amid the cool radiance of the stars,

如果人生不只是群星寒光中平凡的一闪，

The mammoth has now been restored in the Palaeontological Museum in Leningrad. Other animals were trapped in tar pits, like the elephants, sabre-toothed cats, and numerous other creatures that are found at Rancho la Brea,which is now just a suburb of Los

这头长毛象已被修复，现存于圣彼得堡古生物学博物馆。有的动物掉进天然沥清坑里被保存下来，如在兰桥。拉。布里 -- 现在是洛杉矶的郊区发现的大象、剑齿虎和许多其他动物。

often hampers the full development of a growing personality.

而匆忙的生活常常妨碍个性的全面发展。

and for several days will probably refuse all food through anger and fear.

甚至一连几天由于愤怒和恐惧而拒绝进食。