Now, at first, this was very difficult to believe, not least because the voices appeared so hostile and menacing, so in this respect, a vital first step was learning to separate out a metaphorical meaning from what I'd previously interpreted to be a literal truth.
起初这很难去相信 不只因为那些声音好像不怀好意 既然如此，首要步骤就是 学着从我原本理解的表象中 找到其中的隐含的意义