Packaging dry pasta in flat form saves a lot of space and packing material.

包装扁平的干意大利面可以节省大量的空间和包装材料。

The flat form made the books easier to read by allowing the book to rest easily on a table.

扁平的形式让书可以轻松地放在桌子上，从而使书更容易阅读。

Though they may attain considerable accuracy in the perception of flat form, they do not make the further intellectual and emotional effort needed to comprehend form in its full spatial existence.

虽然他们对平面形的感觉能达到相当准确的程度，但他们没有在智力和感情上进一步努力去理解存在于空间的整个形态。

That is perhaps why sculpture has been described as the most difficult of all arts; certainly it is more difficult than the arts which involve appreciation of flat forms, shape in only two dimensions.

雕塑被说成是所有艺术中最难的艺术，可能就是这个道理。欣赏雕塑品当然比欣赏二维状态的平面艺术品要难。