A somewhat advanced society has figured how to package basic knowledge in pill form.

在一个较为高级的人类社会中，已经能够l多基础知识融入药片中。

A student，needing some learning，goes to the pharmacy¹ and asks what kind of knowledge pills is available. The pharmacist says，“Here's a pill for English literature.”The student takes the pill and swallows it and has new knowledge about English literature!

一个需要些知识的学生到药房询问是否有某些知识的药片。药剂师说:“这儿是一片英国文学药片。”那学生吞下了药片，于是就拥有了英国文学的知识。

"What else do you haves "asks the student.

“你还有什么别的吗?”学生问。

"Well，I have pills for art history，biology，and world history.”replies the pharmacist.

“当然，还有艺术史、生物和世界历史的，”药剂师回答。

The student asks for these，and swallows them and has new knowledge about those subjects.

那学生要了这些药片，吞下后又拥有了有关这些学科的新知识。

The student asks，“Do you have a pill for math?”

接着那学生问:“有数学药片吗?”

The pharmacist says,"Wait just a moment"，and goes back into the storeroom and brings back a whopper of a pill and plunks it on the counter.

药剂师说:“稍等片刻”，便回仓库拿来了一片特大的药片扔在拒台上。

“I have to take that huge pill for math?”inquires the student.

“我要吃这么大一块数学药片吗?”学生问。

The pharmacist replied，"Well，you know-math always was a little hard to swallow.”

药剂师答道:“这个嘛，你知道的—数学总没那么容易生吞活咽。”