Soccer and cricket were my main sports growing up. I had trials as a soccer player with a few clubs interested, Crystal Palace being one, but it was cricket which became my chosen profession.

  • -- Ian Botham 博瑟姆

足球和板球是我成长过程中的主要运动。我曾尝试过成为一名足球运动员,有几家俱乐部对我感兴趣,水晶宫就是其中之一,但板球成了我选择的职业。

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The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us.

棋盘宛如世界,一个个棋子仿佛世间的种种现象,游戏规则就是我们所称的自然法则。另一边的球员对我们隐藏起来了。

I guess the two things I was most interested in were telescopes and steam engines. My father was an engineer on a threshing rig steam engine and I loved the machinery.

我想我最感兴趣的两件事是望远镜和蒸汽机。我父亲是一名打谷机蒸汽机的工程师,我喜欢这种机器。

For policy makers interested in using tax policy to stimulate investments or especially to smooth business cycle fluctuations, the results are not promising.

对于有意利用税收政策刺激投资,或特别为平滑商业周期波动的政策制定者来说,结果并不乐观。

The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.

一个人在他的职业上取得成功的最好的预兆是他认为这是世界上最好的。

I think teaching should be an exalted profession, not a picked-on profession.

我认为教书应该是一种高尚的职业,而不是一种受人挑拣的职业。

I buy records - vinyl. I have a record player at home.

我买唱片——黑胶唱片。我家里有一台录音机。