1. We can perhaps forgive those who said the moons of Jupiter were produced by Galileo´s spyglass if we recall that in his day, as for centuries before, curved glass was the popular contrivance for producing not truth but illusion, untruth;
    如果我们回想一下伽利略之前几个世纪期间，曲面镜一直是一种用于产生幻影而不是产生真象的把戏装置，那么我们就会原谅那些当时把伽利略观察到的木星卫生说成是伽利略用他的小望远镜变出来的人们，

2. The road curved suddenly to the left.
    那条路突然向左转弯.

3. And if a single curved glass would distort nature, how much more would a pair of them?
    何况一片曲面镜就可歪曲自然，那么伽利略的两片曲面镜对自然的歪曲又该多大呢？

4. Curved glass was the popular contrivance .
    曲面镜是流行的器件,

5. I liked the way his lips curved to meet his eyes.
    我喜欢他嘴唇向上弯曲的样子。