Every one knows how the snow lies in the valleys of the Alps, forming a plain which slopes gradually downward towards the outlet Imagine such a valley ten miles across, with just such a sloping plain, not of snow but of earth.

  • -- Sir Edward Burnett Tylor 爱德华·伯内特·泰勒爵士

每个人都知道阿尔卑斯山的山谷里是如何积雪的,形成了一个逐渐向出口倾斜的平原。想象一下,有一个十英里宽的山谷,平原上倾斜的不是雪,而是土。

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I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.

我不相信悲观主义。如果某件事没有以你想要的方式出现,勇往直前。如果你认为会下雨,就会下雨。

And finally Winter, with its bitin', whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow.

最后是冬天,寒风呼啸,所有的土地都将被白雪覆盖。

Snow is so common that I have omitted to note its falling at least two days out of Three.

雪是如此常见,以至于我忘记了在三天里至少有两天下雪。

She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.

她说的谎话多得足以使婚礼蛋糕结冰。