One benefit of the past is that it is a dramatically foreshortened, edited version of the present.

「过去」的一个优点是，它是一个剪接过的、非常精简版的当。

The gallery, sloping and foreshortened, seemed to give immediately on to the stage; and on the stage were a number of actors, moving silently to and fro, and wearing masks which they kept turned towards the auditorium.

倾斜和缩短的画廊似乎立即让位于舞台上；舞台上有几位演员，回走动， 戴着面具，不停转向观众席。