For the sake of argument and illustration I will presume that certain articles of ordinary diet, however beneficial in youth, are prejudicial in advanced life, like beans to a horse, whose common ordinary food is hay and corn.

  • -- William Banting 威廉·班廷

为了论证和说明,我假定某些日常饮食习惯,无论在青年时期多么有益,在老年时期却有害无益,就像豆子对马一样,马的日常饮食就是干草和玉米。

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First and foremost, you have to remember that restaurants are businesses and they have to stay in business. And though everyone thinks they want grass fed beef, most people actually prefer the taste of corn fed - it is less dry, more marbled, and less gamey, not to mention much less expensive than grass fed.

首先,也最重要的是,你必须记住,餐馆是企业,它们必须继续经营下去。虽然每个人都认为他们想要草饲牛肉,但大多数人实际上更喜欢玉米饲牛肉的味道——它没有草饲牛肉那么干,大理石更多,也没有那么甘美,更不用说比草饲牛肉便宜得多。

Ordinary men live among marvels and feel no wonder, grow familiar with objects and learn nothing new about them.

普通人生活在奇迹之中,不会感到惊奇,对事物越来越熟悉,却对它们一无所知。

I'd rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it.

我宁愿输掉一场争论,也不愿为了赢而进行长时间的讨论。

Well I was much too practical to presume to have a career in comedy.

我太实际了,不敢贸然从事喜剧事业。

Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.

政治不是豆袋。这是很严肃,很艰难的事情。

Never love anyone who treats you like ordinary.

永远不要爱一个把你当普通人看待的人。

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

不要怕争辩的人,要怕逃避的人。

Good corn is not reaped from a bad field.

好玉米不是从坏地里收割来的。