Quite likely the twentieth century is destined to see the natural forces which will enable us to fly from continent to continent with a speed far exceeding that of a bird.

  • -- Simon Newcomb 西蒙·纽科姆

很有可能,二十世纪注定会看到使我们能够以远远超过鸟的速度从一个大陆飞到另一个大陆的自然力量。

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The ongoing conflict between us has caused heavy suffering to both peoples. The future can and must be different. Both our peoples are destined to live together side by side, on this small piece of land. This reality we cannot change.

我们之间正在进行的冲突给两国人民造成了沉重的痛苦。未来可以而且必须有所不同。我们两国人民注定要在这片小小的土地上肩并肩地生活在一起。这一现实我们无法改变。

Shortly after I was born he emigrated to Durban, where members of my mother's family had settled at the turn of the century, and the rest of the family followed soon thereafter.

我出生后不久,他就移民到了德班,在世纪之交,我母亲的家族成员在那里定居下来,此后不久,家族的其他成员也相继来到这里。

Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.

一旦我们注定要在思想的牢笼中度过一生,我们的责任就是把它布置得井井有条。

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

在印刷术被发现之前,一个世纪等于一千年。