原文：Prose of its very nature is longer than verse,and the virtues

原文：Prose of its very nature is longer than verse,and the virtues peculiar to it manifest themselves gradually.译文：散文本质上比韵文长，其特有的特点会逐渐展现他们自己。改译：
【正确答案】：散文，就其本质而言，比韵文篇幅要长，而且其特有的品质是逐渐展现出来的。【解析】原译文表达不顺畅，且有重复之处longer than verse虽然直译是“比韵文长”， 但longer 指的是“篇幅”，汉译时有必要增译出。manifest themselves中的themselves指的是virtues不是prose，原译文的译法有歧义；virtue为了避免与“特有”重复，译作“品质”更好。