I first saw the island of Noirmoutier when I was two weeks old. I think it's probably safe to say that I didn't fully appreciate it at the time; but I grew to love it as year after year I spent holidays there at my grandparents' cottage.

  • -- Joanne Harris 乔安·哈瑞斯

我第一次看到诺莫蒂埃岛是在我两周大的时候。我想可以肯定地说,我当时并没有完全欣赏它;但随着我年复一年地在祖父母的小屋度假,我渐渐爱上了它。

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I've never understood activity holidays since we seem to have far too much activity in our daily lives as it is. Find a culture where loafing is the order of the day and where they don't understand our need to be constantly doing things. Find somewhere you can have a hammock holiday.

我从来没有理解过活动假期,因为我们在日常生活中似乎有太多的活动。寻找一种文化,在这种文化中,游手好闲是家常便饭,他们不理解我们需要不断地做事。找一个你可以享受吊床假期的地方。

These thieves defend themselves by saying, 'I was there all the time, and the officials missed me.' Favorite excuses for missing surveillance checkpoints: jacket covered the number took off the shirt with the number hidden in a crowd.

这些小偷辩解说:“我一直在那里,官员们想我。错过安检点的最常见借口:上衣上盖着号码,脱下衬衫,号码隐藏在人群中。

When I go to Afghanistan, I realize I've been spared, due to a random genetic lottery, by being born to people who had the means to get out. Every time I go to Afghanistan I am haunted by that.

当我去阿富汗的时候,我意识到,由于随机的基因抽签,我得以幸免,因为我出生在那些有能力逃离阿富汗的人的家里。每次我去阿富汗,我都被这个问题所困扰。

Arbor Day is not like other holidays. Each of those reposes on the past, while Arbor Day proposes for the future.

植树节不同于其他节日。这些都是过去的事,而植树节是未来的事。

The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.

当小屋不快乐时,宫殿就不安全了。