About fifteen miles above New Orleans the river goes very slowly. It has broadened out there until it is almost a sea and the water is yellow with the mud of half a continent. Where the sun strikes it, it is golden.

  • -- Frank Yerby 弗兰克·耶比

在新奥尔良上空大约十五英里的地方,河水流得很慢。它在那里变得越来越宽,几乎变成了一个海,海水被半个大陆的泥土染成了黄色。阳光照射的地方是金色的。

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When you have a stroke, you must talk slowly to be understood, and I've discovered that when I talk slowly, people listen. They think I'm going to say something important!

当你中风时,你必须慢慢地说才能被理解,我发现当我慢慢地说时,人们会倾听。他们认为我会说一些重要的话!

To keep the Golden Rule we must put ourselves in other people's places, but to do that consists in and depends upon picturing ourselves in their places.

要遵守这条黄金法则,我们必须设身处地为他人着想,但要做到这一点,就必须设身处地为他人着想。

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

成千上万的人生活在没有爱的世界里,没有一个人没有水。

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

我走得很慢,但我从不后退。

He fishes well who uses a golden hook.

用金钩钓鱼,钓得好。

Scalded cats fear even cold water.

被烫伤的猫连冷水都怕。