In other words, we are interested in the anatomical and mental characteristics of men living under the same biological, geographical, and social environment, and as determined by their past.

  • -- Franz Boas 弗朗茨·博阿斯

换句话说,我们感兴趣的是生活在相同的生物、地理和社会环境中,并由他们的过去所决定的人的解剖和心理特征。

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Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at it, however, and if you can do both things, then that's fantastic, but if you are a writer, the time is better spent on a clever lyric than a clever tweet.

社交媒体极大地分散了你对最终目标的注意力,而最终目标是磨练你作为一名作曲家的写作技巧。然而,也有一些人在这方面很特别,如果你能同时做到这两件事,那就太好了,但如果你是一个作家,花时间写一首聪明的歌词比发一条聪明的推特更好。

The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.

认为人生而自由平等的观点既正确又有误导性:人生而不同;他们在追求彼此相似的过程中失去了社会自由和个人自主权。

To be interested in the public good we must be disinterested, that is, not interested in goods in which our personal selves are wrapped up.

要对公共利益感兴趣,我们就必须不感兴趣,也就是说,不感兴趣的是与我们个人利益息息相关的东西。

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

成为质量的标尺。有些人不习惯期望卓越的环境。

The economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment, not the reverse.

经济是环境的全资子公司,而不是相反。

Even befor doing this film, I've always been interested in mythology.

甚至在拍这部电影之前,我就一直对神话感兴趣。