The fact is that our kids aren't reading books - or frankly, much of anything lately. Schools are under funded, some schools even closing their libraries. Parents have to realize that it's their job, and not the school's job, to get kids into the habit of reading for fun.

  • -- James Patterson 詹姆斯·帕特森

事实上,我们的孩子不读书——或者坦白地说,最近什么都不读书。学校资金不足,一些学校甚至关闭了图书馆。家长们必须意识到,让孩子们养成读书取乐的习惯是他们的工作,而不是学校的工作。

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Hopefully, imparting what's important to me, respect for the food and that information about the purveyors, people will realize that for a restaurant to be good, so many pieces have to come together.

希望通过传授对我来说最重要的东西,对食物的尊重,以及关于供应商的信息,人们会意识到,一家餐馆要想做得好,就必须把这么多东西组合在一起。

I think everything belongs in a certain place, for kids who feel they don't belong anywhere. A museum is an institution like a library where everything has a place, everything belongs.

我认为所有的东西都应该放在一个特定的地方,对于那些觉得自己不属于任何地方的孩子来说。博物馆是一个像图书馆一样的机构,在那里所有的东西都有一个地方,所有的东西都属于它。

What has been happening the last four years in City Hall is that they have been closing recreation centers, closing libraries. We have not looked after our children in City Hall.

过去四年,市政厅一直在关闭娱乐中心和图书馆。我们没有在市政厅照看我们的孩子。

Being Poet Laureate made me realize I was capable of a larger voice. There is a more public utterance I can make as a poet.

成为桂冠诗人让我意识到我有能力发出更大的声音。作为一个诗人,我可以发表更多的公开言论。