The great charm and comfort of the system is, that its affects are palpable within a week of trial, which creates a natural stimulus to persevere for few weeks more, when the fact becomes established beyond question.

  • -- William Banting 威廉·班廷

这一制度最大的魅力和安慰是,它的影响在试验后的一周内就可以明显感觉到,这就产生了一种自然的刺激,使人在无可置疑地确定事实之后,再坚持几周。

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A person who can't pay gets another person who can't pay to guarantee that he can pay. Like a person with two wooden legs getting another person with two wooden legs to guarantee that he has got two natural legs. It don't make either of them able to do a walking-match.

一个不能付款的人得到另一个不能付款的人来保证他能付款。就像一个有两条木腿的人得到另一个有两条木腿的人来保证他有两条天然的腿。这使他们两人都不能进行竞走比赛。

The problem with people who are afraid of imagination, of fantasy, is that their world becomes so narrow that I don't see how they can imagine beyond what their senses can verify. We know from science that there are entire worlds that our senses can't verify.

那些害怕想象和幻想的人的问题是,他们的世界变得如此狭小,以至于我看不出他们的想象力如何超越他们的感官所能证实的。我们从科学上知道,我们的感官无法验证整个世界。

So, what's it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don't recommend it.

那么,现实世界是什么样的呢?嗯,食物比较好,但除此之外,我不推荐。

Dying is as natural as living soundly.

死亡和健康的生活一样自然。