Wright has the reputation of being arrogant and insensitive

as of
Bill Wright at the Department of Homeland Security says fewer than forty-five thousand applications for these visas had been received as of this week.
这句怎么翻译,as of 是短语吗,

The airplane was invented by “Wilbur and Orville Wright.”（对打引号部分提问） ＿＿ ＿＿ was the airplane was invenit?
填两个空…

Learning To Read — by Franz Wright的翻译（越美越好）
急求中文翻译,且要富有诗意~~~
Learning To Read — by Franz Wright
If I had to look up every fifth or sixth word,
so what. I looked them up.
I had nowhere important to be.
My father was unavailable, and my mother
looked like she was about to break,
and not into blossom, every time I spoke.
My favorite was the Iliad. True,
I had trouble pronouncing the names,
but when was I going to pronounce them, and
to whom?
My stepfather maybe?
Number one, he could barely speak English;
two, he had sufficient intent
to smirk or knock me down
without any prompting from me.
Loneliness, boredom and terror
my motivation
fiercely fuelled.
I get down on my knees and thank God for them.
Du Fu, the Psalms, Whitman, Rilke.
Life has taught me.

英语翻译
.M:Professor Wright,you may have to find another student to play this
role,the lines are so long and I simply can’t remember them all.
W:Look,Tony.It is still a long time before the first show.I don’t expect you to know all the lines yet.Just keep
practicing.

帮忙翻译一下
The Wright brothers made their first successful test flights on December 17, 1903 and were distinguished by their ability to control their flights for substantial periods (more so than the ability to produce lift from an airfoil, which was known).

英文诗分析
Magpies:Judith Wright
Along the road the magpies walk
with hands in pockets,left and right.
They tilt their heads,and stroll and talk.
In their well-fitted black and white.
They look like certain gentlemen
who seem most nonchalant and wise
until their meal is served - and then
what clashing beaks,what greedy eyes!
But not one man that I have heard
throws back his head in such a song
of grace and praise - no man nor bird.
Their greed is brief; their joy is long.
For each is born with such a throat
as thanks his God with every note.
求分析~

Before the Wright brothers invented the plane,men ( ) fly.A.could not B.can not