holding firmly to a mental picture of the first sandwich lying encased at the british museum, i spent the ensuing three months working up a brief biography of its great inventor, his nibs the earl.
我脑子里念念不忘地想象第一块三明治放在大英博物馆的展箱里,结果花了3个月时间,完成了发明三明治的伟大发明家——三明治伯爵大人的小传。