1. Expand your world. Many discoveries in science, engineering and the arts mix ideas from different fields. Consider "The Two-String Problem."
    拓展你的视野。许多理工和人文科学方面的发现都融合了不同领域中的思想。以"两绳问题"为例。

2. By the time Ben was tired out, Tom had traded the next chance to Billy Fisher for a kite in good repair; and when he played out, Johnny Miller bought in for a dead rat and a string to swing it with; and so on, and so on, hour after hour.
    等到本累垮了，汤姆早已把粉刷权转让给比利·费希尔，换来一只完好的风筝。比利·费希尔干不下去了，约翰尼·米勒把粉刷权买了下来，代价是一只死耗子，和一条甩着玩的绳子。于是买主一个接着一个地来了，时间也一小时又一小时地过去了。

3. Bits of broken glass, lengths of string, a key to a door long since decayed away, a rusty knife-blade, old shoes saved for a road that never was and never will be, a nail bent under the weight of things too heavy for any nail, a dried flower or two s
    碎玻璃块；小线头儿；一扇早已朽败的门上的钥匙；一把锈蚀的刀；一双为某条从来没有、将来也不会有的路而准备的旧鞋；一颗弯折的钉，它所承受过的重量足以弄折任何钉子；一两支干花，仍散发出几许花香。

4. With the hand held high in the air, hold the string so that the weight nearly touches the ground.
    把手高高举在空中握住绳子，让重物几乎接触地面。

5. The string is wound round a cardboard cylinder.
    线缠绕在纸筒上.

6. The monk wears a string of beads.
    和尚挂着一串念珠。

7. Tie a heavy weight at the end of a long piece of string.
    把一个重物拴在一根长绳子的一端，

8. He jerked the string and the puppet jumped.
    他把线猛地一拉, 木偶就跳动了。

9. All these he fixed together with glue , string , wax and many wires.
    他用胶水、细线、洋蜡和许多电线把这些东西安装在一起。

10. Among these I would list string and brown paper,
    这些东西中我想举出线绳和包装纸为例。