To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds.

  • -- Francesco Petrarca 彼特拉克

那么,从我自己开始,人们对我的议论就会大不相同,因为在作出判断时,几乎每一个人与其说受到真理的影响,不如说是受到偏爱的影响,而且善恶的报道都是不分国界的。

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Most of the time I liked school and got good grades. In junior high, though, I hit a stumbling block with math - I used to come home and cry because of how frustrated I was! But after a few good teachers and a lot of perseverance, I ended up loving math and even choosing it as a major when I got to college.

大部分时间我喜欢学校,取得了好成绩。然而在初中的时候,我在数学上遇到了一个绊脚石——我常常回到家哭,因为我是多么的沮丧!但是经过几位好老师的努力和不懈的努力,我最终爱上了数学,甚至在我上大学时选择了数学作为我的专业。

I noticed that no matter where I went in the country, there was this group of questions that got asked. I would track them and keep them in categories. Like body image, school, family, friendship, you name it, the emotional life of a teenage girl.

我注意到,无论我去了这个国家的哪个地方,总会有人问我这样的问题。我会跟踪他们,并把他们分类。就像身体意象,学校,家庭,友谊,你能想到的,一个十几岁女孩的情感生活。

In fact, the history of North America has been perhaps more profoundly influenced by man's inheritance from his past homes than by the physical features of his present home.

事实上,北美的历史可能更深刻地受到人类从过去家园继承的影响,而不是现在家园的外貌特征。

That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not doubt; but we do not muster money in Cincinnati.

我毫不怀疑,这个地方的大多数废奴主义者会优先光顾一家免费的劳工商店;但我们没有在辛辛那提筹集资金。

This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society.

仅仅是这种为我们自己和我们最亲密的朋友获取财物的欲望,就是贪得无厌的,永恒的,普遍的,直接破坏社会的。

Mom was the greatest influence of my childhood. She wanted to save me from the vice, lust, and drinking that was all about me.

母亲对我的童年影响最大。她想把我从罪恶、欲望和酗酒中拯救出来。

I should have been a much better artist if I could have studied more and amused myself less.

如果我能多学习,少娱乐,我会成为一个更好的艺术家。