1. In my heart as well as in the mirror, I became a permanent brown — like the best shoe polish, guaranteed not to rub nor run.
    不仅在镜中，也在内心深处，我变成了永远不黑不白的棕色人-- 就像那最好的鞋油，不会被抹掉，也永不褪色。

2. First, they tried to understand what was wrong with the process (the treatment of heart patients after surgery).
    首先，他们试图弄明白这个疗程（对术后心脏病人的治疗）有何不妥。

3. For most of this century, scientists have worshipped the hardware of the brain and the software of the mind; the messy powers of the heart were left to the poets.
    在本世纪大部分时间，科学家们一直重视大脑这个具体之物和理智这个无形之物，而情感这一纷乱的力量却留给了诗人去谈论。