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1·Why did most Victorians look stern in photographs?

为什么大多数维多利亚时代的人的照片看起来很严肃？

2·Victorians started putting women in a box, and they're still trying to crawl out of it.

维多利亚时代的人们开始将女性禁锢起来，直到今日，她们仍在努力挣脱牢笼。

3·People have been surprised to see evidence that Victorians had fun and could, and did, laugh.

人们看到这些照片时，都会很惊讶——维多利亚女王时代的英国人会享受快乐而且居然会笑。

4·As the Victorians understood, if you want to change your life, don't just look for a clever cue.

正如维多利亚时代的人所理解的那样，如果你想改变你的生活，不要只寻找一个聪明的线索。

5·Spontaneous smiles were relatively easy to capture by the 1890s, so we must look elsewhere for an explanation of why Victorians still hesitated to smile.

到了19世纪90年代，自发的微笑相对容易捕捉，所以我们必须从别处寻找解释，为什么维多利亚时代的人仍然对微笑犹豫不决。

6·They are noting that the Victorians suddenly seem to become more human as the hundred-or-so years that separate us fade away through our common experience of laughter.

他们注意到，维多利亚时代的人，似乎突然变得更有人情味了，因为我们共同经历的笑声，我们之间相隔的100多年时光逐渐消失了。

7·We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper.

我们往往认为维多利亚时代的人非常古板、循规蹈矩。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

8·The Victorians were the last people to invest properly in the railways.

维多利亚时代的人是恰当投资铁路的最后一代人。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

9·The Victorians regarded the railways as bringing progress and civilization.

维多利亚时代的人认为铁路带来了进步和文明。《牛津词典》

10·What might have kept the Victorians from smiling for pictures in the 1890s?

在19世纪90年代，是什么原因使维多利亚人不愿意笑着拍照？