So he keeps on studying after his English classes in order to prepare for life in America.
所以他在英语课下课后还继续学习,为以后在美国生活做准备。
but that was precisely the idea adopted in some of the early instruments (seismometers) for recording earthquake waves.
但是早期记录地震波的仪器(测震仪)正是采用了这种思路。