We were now, as I before mentioned, upon this St. Joseph's trail. It was evident, by the traces, that large parties were a few days in advance of us; and as we too supposed them to be Mormons, we had some apprehension of interruption.

  • -- Francis Parkman 弗朗西斯·帕克曼

正如我前面提到过的,我们现在正沿着这条圣约瑟夫的小径走着。从种种迹象可以看出,在我们之前几天就有许多人参加了。由于我们也认为他们是摩门教徒,所以有些担心会被打断。

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The earliest sensation at the onset of illness, often preceding the recognition of identifiable symptoms, is apprehension. Something has gone wrong, and a glimpse of mortality shifts somewhere deep in the mind. It is the most ancient of our fears.

在疾病开始时的最早的感觉,通常是在识别出可识别的症状之前,是恐惧。有些地方出了问题,死亡的一瞥在脑海深处的某个地方发生了变化。这是我们最古老的恐惧。

A great advantage of a large corporation is supposed to be the large pool of talent in which its leaders can find and groom high achievers and successors.

一个大公司的一个巨大的优势应该是它的领导者可以找到和培养高成就人士和接班人的大量人才。

For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.

因为正如蝙蝠的眼睛对于白昼的光辉一样,我们灵魂中的理性对于自然界中最为明显的事物也是如此。

There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality.

让我们惊慌的事情比伤害我们的事情要多,我们在忧虑中遭受的痛苦比在现实中遭受的痛苦还要多。

Hell, if I'd jumped on all the dames I'm supposed to have jumped on, I'd have had no time to go fishing.

该死,如果我把所有我应该跳上去的女人都跳上来,我就没有时间去钓鱼了。

I was never informed in advance about the start of the war or about foreign political developments.

我从来没有预先被告知战争的开始或外国的政治发展。

That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance.

这是一个伟大的说书人的标志,从不提前泄露秘密。