By far the most important factor in the success or failure of any school, far more important than tests or standards or business-model methods of accountability, is simply attracting the best-educated, most exciting young people into urban schools and keeping them there.

  • -- Jonathan Kozol 乔纳森·考泽尔

到目前为止,任何一所学校成功或失败的最重要因素,远比考试、标准或负责任的商业模式方法重要得多,只是吸引受教育程度最高、最令人兴奋的年轻人进入城市学校,并将他们留在那里。

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I would advise my young colleagues, the composers of symphonies, to drop in sometimes at the kindergarten, too. It is there that it is decided whether there will be anybody to understand their works in twenty years' time.

我建议我的年轻同事,交响乐作曲家,有时也去幼儿园看看。就是在那里决定了二十年后是否会有人理解他们的作品。

The shows at the Hilton are the most exciting shows I've ever done. The stage is huge, but the theater is intimate, so we can have a magnificent production and still connect with the audience.

希尔顿饭店的演出是我演过的最激动人心的演出。舞台很大,但剧院是亲密的,所以我们可以有一个宏伟的生产,仍然与观众联系。

The visa lottery system poses a national security threat. Under the program, each successful applicant is chosen at random and given the status of permanent resident based on pure luck.

签证抽签制度对国家安全构成了威胁。根据该计划,每个成功的申请人都是随机挑选的,并根据纯粹的运气获得永久居民身份。

No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences, so-called trauma - but we make out of them just what suits our purposes.

没有经验是成功或失败的原因。我们不会遭受经验的冲击,也就是所谓的创伤——但我们从中找出了适合我们目的的东西。

It is inevitable that many ideas of the young mind will later have to give way to the hard realities of life.

不可避免的是,年轻人的许多想法将不得不让位于生活的残酷现实。

I can't think of anything more exciting than trying to be an actor.

我想不出有什么比当演员更令人兴奋的了。