Threshold of consciousness

threshold ['θrɛʃhold]

n. 门槛，入口，开始;[物理学]临界值;<英>级限协定;[航空学]跑道入口; adj. 阈值的，临界值的;<英>按物价指数变动工资的，工资极限的，级限的;

of [əv]

prep. 关于;属于…的;由…制成; aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气];

consciousness ['kɑnʃəsnəs]

n. 意识，观念;知觉;觉悟;感觉;

con全部+sci知道+ous形容词后缀+ness表示抽象名词 →意识，觉悟，知觉

and giving up your free time.

放弃了你的闲暇时间。

Do you usually do arithmetic on Sunday?

你通常在星期日做算术吗？

We can perhaps forgive those who said the moons of Jupiter were produced by Galileo's spyglass if we recall that in his day, as for centuries before, curved glass was the popular contrivance for producing not truth but illusion, untruth;

如果我们回想一下伽利略之前几个世纪期间，曲面镜一直是一种用于产生幻影而不是产生真象的把戏装置，那么我们就会原谅那些当时把伽利略观察到的木星卫生说成是伽利略用他的小望远镜变出来的人们，