My father had a brilliant scholastic record in high school and was awarded a college scholarship. Unfortunately he had to turn it down so that he could continue to support his family.

  • -- Tony Visconti 托尼·维斯康蒂

我父亲在高中成绩优异,获得了大学奖学金。不幸的是,他不得不拒绝,这样他才能继续养活他的家庭。

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To be awarded a prize which takes its name from an illustrious Dutchman who at the same time was a great citizen of Europe and through his writings did so much to open up our modern world of sensibility and thought is indeed a most signal honour.

被授予一个以一位杰出的荷兰人的名字命名的奖项,他同时也是一位伟大的欧洲公民,通过他的著作为打开我们现代感性和思想的世界做出了巨大贡献,这确实是一种最显著的荣誉。

I suppose if I'd got a brilliant first and done research I might still be a don today, but I hope not. People become dons because they are incapable of doing anything else in life.

我想,如果我先做了一个出色的研究,我今天可能还是个老头子,但我希望不是。人们之所以成为教师,是因为他们在生活中没有能力做任何其他事情。

To be a head boy, you have to be very clever, you have to be a scholar, and I was never a scholar in any shape or form.

要当男生学生会主席,你必须非常聪明,你必须是一个学者,而我从来都不是任何形式的学者。

A Swedish newspaper reporter called and said, You've been awarded the Prize. I was quite sure it was a practical joke.

一位瑞典报纸记者打电话来说,你获奖了。我很确定这是个恶作剧。

There is no brilliant single stroke that is going to transform the water into wine or straw into gold.

没有任何一笔能把水变成葡萄酒或稻草变成黄金。

His locked, lettered, braw brass collar, Shewed him the gentleman and scholar.

他那上了锁、上了字的黄铜硬领,显出他是一位绅士和学者。