The book came after the fall of the Taliban, it says something about Afghan family life. Those kind of stories - what happens behind the scenes on a TV screen - are important.

  • -- Asne Seierstad 塞厄斯塔

这本书是在塔利班倒台后出版的,它讲述了一些关于阿富汗家庭生活的事情。这些故事——在电视屏幕的幕后发生的事情——是很重要的。

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I don't think one can accurately measure the historical effectiveness of a poem; but one does know, of course, that books influence individuals; and individuals, although they are part of large economic and social processes, influence history. Every mass is after all made up of millions of individuals.

我不认为人们可以准确地衡量一首诗的历史效力;但人们当然知道,书籍影响着个人;个人,虽然他们是大的经济和社会进程的一部分,影响着历史。每个群体毕竟是由数百万个体组成的。

Effective use of Braille is as important to the blind as independent mobility, knowledge in the use of adaptive technology, and the core belief that equality, opportunity and security are truly possible for all people who are blind.

对盲人来说,有效地使用盲文与独立行动、利用适应技术的知识以及平等、机会和安全对所有盲人都切实可行的核心信念一样重要。

There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader.

有许多品质可以造就一个伟大的领导者。但是,拥有坚定的信念,能够在流行和不受欢迎的时期坚持信念,是伟大领袖最重要的特征。

I just wanted to compile these stories about growing up with my father and I wanted people to be able to enjoy them individually, but also the entire book as a whole.

我只是想把这些和我父亲一起成长的故事汇编起来,我想让人们能够独自享受这些故事,也想把整本书作为一个整体。

People make events into stories. Stories give events meaning.

人们把事件编成故事。故事赋予事件意义。

Every burned book enlightens the world.

每一本烧过的书都照亮了世界。