1. Why did most Victorians look stern in photographs? 为什么大多数维多利亚时代的人的照片看起来很严肃?
2. Victorians started putting women in a box, and they're still trying to crawl out of it. 维多利亚时代的人们开始将女性禁锢起来,直到今日,她们仍在努力挣脱牢笼。
3. People have been surprised to see evidence that Victorians had fun and could, and did, laugh. 人们看到这些照片时,都会很惊讶——维多利亚女王时代的英国人会享受快乐而且居然会笑。
4. As the Victorians understood, if you want to change your life, don't just look for a clever cue. 正如维多利亚时代的人所理解的那样,如果你想改变你的生活,不要只寻找一个聪明的线索。
5. Spontaneous smiles were relatively easy to capture by the 1890s, so we must look elsewhere for an explanation of why Victorians still hesitated to smile. 到了19世纪90年代,自发的微笑相对容易捕捉,所以我们必须从别处寻找解释,为什么维多利亚时代的人仍然对微笑犹豫不决。