Wherever they went the Irish brought with them their books, many unseen in Europe for centuries and tied to their waists as signs of triumph, just as Irish heroes had once tied to their waists their enemies heads.
Wherever they went they brought their love of learning and their skills in bookmaking In the bays and valleys of their exile, they reestablished literacy and breathed new life into the exhausted literary culture of Europe.
And that is how the Irish saved civilization.
词汇：
breathe into: 把......注入......
exhausted：adj. 疲劳不堪的
爱尔兰人无论去哪里，都会随身带着他们的书，而且有很多是欧洲人几百年都没见过的书，他们会像古代爱尔兰英雄们曾把敌人的头颅系在腰间一样，把书系在腰间作为胜利的象征。
爱尔兰人无论去哪里，都会带着对学习的热爱以及在流亡的海湾和山谷中著作时的技能，他们重建了文化并为欧洲死气沉沉的文学文化注入了新的生命力。
这就是爱尔兰人如何拯救了文明。
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