To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.

  • -- Roald Dahl 罗尔德·达尔

对船舶经纪人来说,煤是黑金。

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You know, when something like, even like a coal mine disaster, or something like this, you think that well everybody's going to make a run to be able to get out, but it happened to fast that they were just all dead.

你知道,当一些事情,甚至像煤矿灾难,或类似的事情发生时,你认为每个人都要逃跑才能逃出去,但突然他们都死了。

Fertile soil, level plains, easy passage across the mountains, coal, iron, and other metals imbedded in the rocks, and a stimulating climate, all shower their blessings upon man.

肥沃的土壤,平坦的平原,翻山越岭的便利通道,嵌在岩石里的煤、铁和其他金属,以及令人振奋的气候,都给人类带来了福音。

Our nation's oldest sin and deepest crime is the isolation of minority children - black children, in particular - in schools that are not only segregated but shamefully unequal.

我们国家最古老的罪恶和最深的罪恶是少数民族儿童- -特别是黑人儿童- -在学校里受到隔离,这不仅是种族隔离,而且是可耻的不平等。

I wanted to do the whole album in black and white, and it really killed me that when you see it in the light it's got green in it. I don't know what the hell that was about.

我想把整张专辑都做成黑白的,当你在灯光下看到它的时候,你会发现里面是绿色的,这真的让我很难受。我不知道这到底是怎么回事。

A Quarter of an hour is worth more than a thousand gold coins.

一寸光阴一寸金,寸金难买寸光阴。

Gold is proved in the fire, friendship in need.

黄金在烈火中检验,友谊在患难中考验。