I was crossing the English Channel with a carbon-fiber wing on my back.

  • -- Felix Baumgartner 菲利克斯·鲍姆加特纳

我背着碳纤维机翼穿越英吉利海峡。

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Because it's so easy to medicate our need for self-worth by pandering to win followers, 'likes' and view counts, social media have become the metier of choice for many people who might otherwise channel that energy into books, music or art - or even into their own Web ventures.

为了满足我们对自我价值的需求,我们很容易通过迎合他人来赢得追随者、“赞”和浏览量,因此社交媒体已经成为许多人的首选,否则他们可能会把精力投入到书籍、音乐或艺术中,甚至投入到自己的网络事业中。

I obtained a job at the Library of Congress. I loved books, so I felt at home. I was going to end up, I thought, majoring in English and teach at the college level.

我在国会图书馆找到了一份工作。我喜欢书,所以我觉得像在家里一样。我想,我最终会主修英语,在大学里教书。

In fact, eloquence in English will inevitably make use of the Latin element in our vocabulary.

事实上,英语中的雄辩将不可避免地使用我们词汇中的拉丁元素。