Argentine political life is like the life of an ant community or an African forest tribe: full of events, full of crisis and deaths, but life is always cyclical, and the year ends as it begins.

  • -- V. S. Naipaul V.S.奈保尔

阿根廷的政治生活就像蚂蚁群落或非洲森林部落的生活:充满事件,充满危机和死亡,但生活总是循环往复的,一年到头都是这样。

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I have always been amazed at the way an ordinary observer lends so much more credence and attaches so much more importance to waking events than to those occurring in dreams... Man... is above all the plaything of his memory.

我总是惊讶于一个普通的观察者是如何给予如此多的信任和重视醒着的事情,而不是那些发生在梦里的事情……男人。是他记忆中最重要的玩物。

But when I lose my temper, I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel I've failed. I can be calm in a crisis, in the face of death or things that hurt badly. I don't get hysterical, which may be masochistic of me.

但是当我发脾气时,我发现很难原谅自己。我觉得我失败了。我可以在危机中保持冷静,面对死亡或伤害严重的事情。我不会歇斯底里,这可能是我的受虐狂。

I get very excited when I go to a show - there are all these people who don't know each another who've come together to celebrate this amazing ritual. The making of community that theater provides is quite profound.

当我去看演出的时候,我感到非常兴奋——所有这些互不认识的人聚在一起庆祝这个令人惊奇的仪式。戏剧所提供的社区的形成是相当深刻的。

As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie.

事实上,一个普通的沙漠比森林或草原更能养活多种多样的植物。

We have to provide good teachers, good environment, community involvement with schools.

我们必须为学校提供良好的教师、良好的环境和社区参与。

While Social Security faces some long-term challenges, the system is not in crisis.

虽然社会保障面临一些长期挑战,但该体系并未陷入危机。

You never know what events are going to transpire to get you home.

你永远不知道会发生什么事情把你带回家。

The forest has ears, and field has eyes.

森林有耳朵,田野有眼睛。