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.
Vocabulary:
breathe into: Put... Inject......
exhausted：adj. Tired
The Irish carried their books with them wherever they went, and many of them were books that Europeans had not seen in hundreds of years, and they would tie books around their waists as a symbol of victory, just as the ancient Irish heroes had tied the heads of their enemies around their waists.
Wherever the Irish went, with a love of learning and the skills of writing in exiled bays and valleys, the Irish rebuilt the culture and breathed new life into Europe's lifeless literary culture.
This is how the Irish saved civilization.
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