Before the lights

before [bɪ'fɔr]

prep. 在…之前;先于，优于;当着…的面;与其…; conj. 在…之前;在…以前;比…早些;与其…; adv. 先前，从前;在前，在前方;

be构成一些介词+fore前面→在前面

the [ðə]

art. 指已提到的人（物）;指说话人与听者已知的人（物）;用于独一无二的事物前;与形容词最高级和序数词连用;

lights

n. （供食用的）家畜的肺脏；灯光（light的复数）

He was more than helpful.

他不仅仅是帮忙。

How old are you?

你多大了？

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，