Maybe we are all prospective migrants. The lines of national borders on maps are artificial constructs, as unnatural to us as they are to birds flying overhead. Our first impulse is to ignore them.

  • -- Mohsin Hamid 莫欣·哈米德

也许我们都是未来的移民。地图上的国界线是人造的,对我们来说就像对飞过头顶的鸟儿一样不自然。我们的第一个冲动是忽略它们。

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In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time.

在乡村,夜晚的黑暗是友好而熟悉的,但在城市里,灯火通明,是不自然的,充满敌意和威胁的。它就像一只巨大的秃鹰在空中盘旋,等待时机。

Anything unnatural was not naturally believed. Faith, in essence, was unnatural.

任何非自然的东西都不会被自然地相信。信仰在本质上是不自然的。

Decreased business base increases overhead. So does increased business base.

业务基础减少会增加开销。业务基础的增长也是如此。