To answer the first part of your question, I'd like to say that our studies were very extensive.
你问题的第一部分,我要说的就是我们的研究非常广泛。
It is a curious coincidence that the day before his retirement, Mr.Page will have been teaching for a total of forty years.
佩奇先生退休的前一天正好是他执教满40年的日子,这真是奇妙的巧合。