At times we expected the allies unquestioningly to follow our leads; sometimes we failed to consult them in advance before reversing policies; at other times we ignored their requests.

  • -- Richard Kerry 理查德·克里

有时我们期望盟国毫无疑问地听从我们的领导;有时,我们在政策逆转之前没有事先征求他们的意见;有时我们忽略了他们的要求。

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By the time I was at college, I became very alert to the question of racial discrimination, and I remember one of my first writing attempts had to do with a lynching.

在我上大学的时候,我对种族歧视问题变得非常警觉,我记得我最初的一次写作尝试与私刑有关。

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of christmas.

圣诞节不是一个时间,也不是一个季节,而是一种心态。珍惜和平与善意,拥有丰盛的仁慈,才是真正的圣诞精神。

We assume that good-looking people are smarter and more effective than they really are, and that homely people are the reverse.

我们认为长得好看的人比他们实际上更聪明、更有效率,而长相平平的人恰恰相反。

I was a middle child and was used to negotiating. But there was nothing I could do to reverse my mother's condition.

我是家中排行老二,习惯于谈判。但我无法扭转母亲的病情。