"Music makes both the left and right brain more active, and this can maximize learning and improve our memory," says Dr. Masha Godkin, a professor at Northcentral University.

“音乐使左右脑都更加活跃，这可以最大限度地提高学习效果，改善我们的记忆力。”美国北方中央大学教授玛莎·戈德金博士说。

I have known him a long while, do you see; and Masha, your sister-in-law, I love.

你要明白，我老早就认识他，我也喜欢你的小姑子玛申卡。

He called us Salia and Masha, told us we could see his house from there, and then pretended to steal our noses.

他管我们叫莎利亚和玛莎，还告诉我们从那里可以看到他家的房子，然后他就假装要偷我们的鼻子。

It was a sad and desperate existence, but because adoption is rare in Russia, Masha expected to live there until she turned 18.

保存是悲惨和魔难的，因为在俄国，收养很少，在18岁前，她必须呆在孤儿院。

I have been hard on the absurdly difficult writing system for Chinese, but Masha Bell is right: English spelling, too, has its costs.

对于汉字困难的书写体系，我可是亲身领教过；但Masha Bell是对的：英语拼写同样有它的不便之处。