I was quite surprised when I read in your letter that you had decided not to finish your studies at the university.
当我在你的信中看到你已决定终止大学学业时感到很是惊讶。
The development of the modern beehive in 1851 made it possible to design experiments to research the language of honey bees.
1851年现代蜂箱研制出来后,这才有可能来设计实验,研究蜜蜂的语言。