【一句話翻譯】

【漢譯英】

一去二三裏，煙村四五家。

亭台六七座，八九十枝花。

 

【英譯漢】

The idea of aligning waking hours to daylingt hours to conserve candles was first proposed in 1784 by US polymath Benjamin Franklin. In a satirical letter to the editor of The Journal of Paris, Franklin suggested that waking up earlier in the summer would economize candle usage and calculated considerable savings.

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【idioms】

Up in arms  （Being grumpy or angry about something)

The Republicans, predictably,are up in arms.