This is just what I have thought when I have seen slaves at work - they seem to go through the motions of labor without putting strength into them. They keep their powers in reserve for their own use at night, perhaps.

  • -- Frederick Law Olmsted 弗雷德里克·劳·奥姆斯特德

这正是我看到奴隶在工作时的想法——他们似乎在做着没有力气的劳动。它们把自己的力量储存起来,也许在晚上自己使用。

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The thing about stand-ups is you can't really get good unless you're failing in front of a large number of people. That makes stand-up comedy unique: you need a tremendous amount of reserve within you to take the rejection from the audience, and without it, you can't do anything.

单口相声的问题是,除非你在很多人面前失败,否则你不可能真正做好。这使得单口喜剧独一无二:你需要内心有巨大的储备来接受观众的拒绝,没有它,你什么也做不了。

Accordingly, since nothing prevents the earth from moving, I suggest that we should now consider also whether several motions suit it, so that it can be regarded as one of the planets. For, it is not the center of all the revolutions.

因此,既然没有什么能阻止地球运动,我建议我们现在也应该考虑几个运动是否适合它,这样它就可以被看作是行星之一。因为,它不是所有革命的中心。

I knew I wasn't a baseball writer. I was scared to death. I really was afraid to talk to players, and I didn't want to go into the press box because I thought I was faking it.

我知道我不是棒球作家。我吓得要死。我真的很害怕和球员们交谈,我不想进入记者席,因为我觉得我在假装。

For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study.

因为天文学家有责任通过仔细而专业的研究来撰写天体运动的历史。

Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.

恐惧是承认自卑的想法。