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There is a very revealing quote by Alan Perlis in his preface to the MIT book on Scheme, The Structure Interpretation of Computer Programming, by Abelson Sussman.

Alan Perlis在麻省理工学院的一本教材——Abelson和Sussman合著的《计算机编程的结构和解析》——的序言中有一段颇具启发性的话。

Besides preface and conclusion, this thesis includes three parts: first of all, exploring the concept of the sublime having been probed into by Longinus, Burke, and Kant; secondly, elaborating upon the features of tragic sublimity; and thirdly, looking deep into the play, Medea, and finding the reasons why its protagonist is short of sublimity.

本论文除前言及结论外，主要重点有三：一为探索自朗加纳斯、柏克、康德以来有关崇高的论述；二为仔细討论悲剧崇高的特徵，三为深入《米蒂亚》一剧，探究其主角之所以缺乏崇高特质之因。

Besides preface and conclusion, this thesis includes three parts: first of all, exploring the concept of the sublime having been probed into by Longinus, Burke, and Kant; secondly, elaborating upon the features of tragic sublimity; and thirdly, looking deep into the play, Medea, and finding the reasons why its protagonist is short of sublimity.

本论文除前言及结论外，主要重点有三：一为探索自朗加纳斯、柏克、康德以来有关崇高的论述；二为仔细讨论悲剧崇高的特徵，三为深入《米蒂亚》一剧，探究其主角之所以缺乏崇高特质之因。

This matter overthrew all basises I learned from Sunday school .

这件事把我从周日学校学到的所有道理都颠覆了。

It's one of the cruel ironies of aging: if you want to remember your favorite restaurants, the less you should eat at them.

这是一个老化的残酷讽刺：如果你想记住你最喜欢的餐馆，你应该更少吃到它们。