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"Why do they make things so complicated?" he asked the Englishman one night.
“他們為什么把事情搞得這么難懂？”一天晚上，男孩問英國人。
The boy had noticed that the Englishman was irritable, and missed his books.
他發現，英國人有點不耐煩，想要回自己的書。
"So that those who have the responsibility for understanding can understand," he said.
“為的是只讓那些有責任心的人讀懂它們。”他說，
"Imagine if everyone went around transforming lead into gold. Gold would lose its value."
“你想想看，如果所有人都能把鉛塊變成金子，那么金子很快就會一文不值了?！?/div>
"It's only those who are persistent, and willing to study things deeply, who achieve the Master Work.
只有那些堅持不懈的人，只有那些不斷鉆研的人，才能夠獲取元精。
That's why I'm here in the middle of the desert.
我正是為此才來到這沙漠之中的。
I'm seeking a true alchemist who will help me to decipher the codes."
我要尋找一位煉金術士，請他幫助我解讀那些密碼?！?/p>
"When were these books written?" the boy asked.
“這些書是什么時候寫成的？”男孩問道。
"Many centuries ago."
“好多個世紀以前了?！?/div>
"They didn't have the printing press in those days," the boy argued.
“那時候還沒有印刷術呢。”男孩爭辯說，
"There was no way for everybody to know about alchemy.
“不可能所有的人都了解煉金術。
Why did they use such strange language, with so many drawings?"
這種語言為什么這么奇怪，而且滿篇充斥著插圖呢？”
The Englishman didn't answer him directly.
英國人沒有回答男孩的問題，
He said that for the past few days he had been paying attention to how the caravan operated, but that he hadn't learned anything new.
只說幾天來他一直注意觀察商隊，卻根本沒發現什么新東西，
The only thing he had noticed was that talk of war was becoming more and more frequent.
唯一讓他掛心的事，就是有關打仗的議論越來越多。
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| persistent | [pə'sistənt] |
想一想再看 adj. 固執的，堅持的，連續的 |
聯想記憶 | |
| understand | [.ʌndə'stænd] |
想一想再看 vt. 理解，懂，聽說，獲悉，將 ... 理解為，認為< |
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| willing | ['wiliŋ] |
想一想再看 adj. 愿意的，心甘情愿的 |
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| alchemy | ['ælkimi] |
想一想再看 n. 煉金術，魔力 |
聯想記憶 | |
| achieve | [ə'tʃi:v] |
想一想再看 v. 完成，達到，實現 |
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| frequent | ['fri:kwənt] |
想一想再看 adj. 經常的，頻繁的 |
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| decipher | [di'saifə] |
想一想再看 vt. 譯解 |
聯想記憶 | |
| complicated | ['kɔmplikeitid] |
想一想再看 adj. 復雜的，難懂的 |
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| irritable | ['iritəbl] |
想一想再看 adj. 易怒的，急躁的 adj. 【醫】過敏的，易感受 |
