1·1783年是英国历史上的第一帝国时期。
1689 to 1783 was the time of the First Empire in British history.
2·1689年少有人担心新教继统临危，然而在1694年12月，没有留下子女的玛莉皇后逝世，人心出现不安。
There was little concern in 1689 that the Protestant Succession was in danger, but there was unease when Queen Mary died in December 1694 without leaving any children.
3·天文学家应用来自遥远恒星的光线的路线被一个巨大银河星系团(Abell 1689)所扭曲，由此计算出宇宙中暗能量的总量。
Astronomers used the way that light from distant stars was distorted by a huge galactic cluster known as Abell 1689 to work out the amount of dark energy in the cosmos.
4·更糟的是塞缪尔·帕里斯牧师引起的争议，1689年，他被任命为萨勒姆村首任牧师；因其行事刻板，为人贪婪，大家都不喜欢他。
Controversy also brewed over Reverend Samuel Parris, who became Salem Village's first ordained minister in 1689, and was disliked because of his rigid ways and greedy nature.