After having dispatched a meal, I went ashore, and found no habitation save a single house, and that without an occupant; we had no doubt that the people had fled in terror at our approach, as the house was completely furnished.

  • -- Christopher Columbus 克里斯托弗·哥伦布

吃完饭,我上了岸,除了一所没有人住的房子外,我没有找到别的住处。我们毫不怀疑,当我们走近时,人们已经惊恐地逃走了,因为房子里已经布置得很齐全了。

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To suspect your own mortality is to know the beginning of terror, to learn irrefutably that you are mortal is to know the end of terror.

怀疑你自己的死亡就是知道恐怖的开始,无可辩驳地知道你是会死的就是知道恐怖的结束。

Quantity in food is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a great enemy both to study and industry.

食物的数量比质量更值得重视。饱餐一顿对学习和工作都是一大敌人。

A kaiseki meal is like that, very small courses over a long period of time.

怀石料理饭就是这样的,在很长一段时间内都是很小的一道菜。

Airline travel is hours of boredom interrupted by moments of stark terror.

乘飞机旅行时,几个小时的无聊被片刻的恐怖所打断。