The thing that interests me least about the radio business is the radio business. But I've had to learn a little bit about it. It's not rocket science: You get ratings, that's good.

  • -- Al Franken 弗兰肯

无线电业务中我最不感兴趣的是无线电业务。但是我已经学了一点。这不是火箭科学:你得到评级,这很好。

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One of my producers said this business is like a hamster on that little wheel thing that goes around and around. You may have a great day and get great ratings, but then you've got another show to do - whatever moment of success or happiness you have you've got to keep grinding it out for the next day.

我的一个制片人说这个生意就像一只仓鼠在一个小轮子上不停地转。也许你今天过得很好,收视率也很高,但接下来你还有其他节目要做——不管你有多成功或多快乐,你都要坚持到第二天。

There can be no assumption that today's majority is "right" and the Amish and others like them are "wrong." A way of life that is odd or even erratic but interferes with no rights or interests of others is not to be condemned because it is different.

不能假设今天的大多数人是“正确的”,而阿米什人和其他类似的人是“错误的”。一种奇怪甚至不稳定但不干涉他人权益的生活方式不应因其不同而受到谴责。

There has been so much recent talk of progress in the areas of curriculum innovation and textbook revision that few people outside the field of teaching understand how bad most of our elementary school materials still are.

最近关于课程改革和教科书修订方面取得进展的讨论如此之多,以致于教学领域以外的人很少了解我们大多数小学教材仍然有多差。

It is the creator of fiction's point of view; it is the character who interests him. Sometimes he wants to convince the reader that the story he is telling is as interesting as universal history.

它是小说观点的创造者;使他感兴趣的是这个角色。有时他想让读者相信,他讲的故事和世界史一样有趣。

Good shot, bad luck and hell are the five basic words to be used in a game of tennis, though these, of course, can be slightly amplified.

好的击球,坏运气和地狱是网球比赛中使用的五个基本单词,当然,这些词可以稍微放大。

We go old-school during the summer, like swimming or setting up lemonade stands. I try to teach my kids to make their own fun.

我们在夏天会去上小学,喜欢游泳或者摆摊卖柠檬水。我试着教我的孩子们自己找乐子。

It looks like you can write a minimalist piece without much bleeding. And you can. But not a good one.

看起来你可以在不流血的情况下写出一篇极简主义作品。你可以。但不是很好。

Overnight ratings are dead. It's just not the way TV is sold any more.

隔夜评级已死。这已经不是电视销售的方式了。

Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.

像专业人士一样学习规则,这样你就能像艺术家一样打破规则。

The great mass of humanity should never learn to read or write.

广大的人类永远不应该学会读书写字。