Now I go to great pains to make up my mind.

现在，我费很大的劲下了决心。

He had never seen a lion-his mother had gone to great pains to prevent it. But he had devoured countless pictures of them, and now he was ravenous to feast his eyes upon the king of beasts in the flesh.

他从未见过狮子——他的母亲曾竭尽全力阻止它。但他已经狼吞虎咽了无数张它们的照片，现在他正贪得无厌地一饱眼福，一饱眼福就是兽王的肉身。