My parents were keen for me to have the education they themselves never had. They weren't able to guide me towards particular books, but they encouraged me to read, which I did, randomly and compulsively.

  • -- Ian McEwan 伊恩·麦克尤恩

我的父母渴望我接受他们自己从未接受过的教育。他们不能引导我去读特定的书,但他们鼓励我去读,我随意地、强迫性地去读。

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Of course there may well be particular reasons why Spencer rather than others is dead, as there were also particular reasons why he rather than others made such a stir.

当然,斯宾塞而不是其他人的死亡很可能有特定的原因,正如他而不是其他人引起如此大的轰动也有特定的原因一样。

When you're onstage, you're acutely aware of the reaction of a particular group of people, because it's like a wave.

当你在台上时,你会敏锐地意识到一群人的反应,因为这就像一个波浪。

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.

先读最好的书,否则你可能根本没有机会去读它们。

I plan to learn enough to read you like a book.

我打算学足够多的东西来读你的书。