They look quite promising in the shop; and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. But then, when I put them on they tend to deteriorate with a very strange rapidity and one feels so sorry for them.

  • -- Joyce Grenfell 格伦菲尔

他们在商店里看起来很有前途;当我把它们放回衣橱的时候,也不是完全没有希望。但是,当我穿上它们时,它们会以一种非常奇怪的速度恶化,人们会为它们感到难过。

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When you're young, you don't really know quite what you're aiming at. You're very impulsive and acting on impulse, which is very important and valuable. But you're kind of swimming in a blind sea. When you get older, you have more of a sense of direction.

当你年轻的时候,你并不十分清楚自己的目标是什么。你很冲动,会冲动行事,这很重要,也很有价值。但你是在盲海中游泳。当你长大后,你会有更多的方向感。

I am quite a spendthrift but just being careful because my family was not rich, was not a rich family.

我是个挥金如土的人,但我很小心,因为我的家庭并不富裕。