I used to believe there were people on Mars, and of course now we know there aren't. Mars held particular interest. I was curious what kind of beings they would look like.

  • -- Clyde Tombaugh 克莱德·汤博

我曾经相信火星上有人类,当然现在我们知道没有了。火星引起了特别的兴趣。我很好奇他们会是什么样的人。

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But it is nice to know that you have other races lined up, because sometimes you can get so focused on your next marathon that it can become kind of unhealthy in some ways. So it's nice to have something else to slap you in the face and say, all right, there is life after the Olympics.

但很高兴知道你还有其他比赛要参加,因为有时候你会过于专注于下一场马拉松,以至于在某些方面会变得不健康。所以,有别的事情给你一记耳光,然后说,好吧,奥运会之后还有生活。

It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e. perceives the whole extent of it, that it is evident that this science can make a contribution to a range of studies that will be of interest to almost anyone.

只有当语言学对它的研究对象有了更多的认识,也就是对它的整个范围有了更多的认识之后,很明显,这门科学才能对几乎所有人都感兴趣的一系列研究作出贡献。

My father was a police officer before he retired. One of my brothers is also a police officer, and I think they kind of expected I would do something along those lines, like become a fireman or something.

我父亲退休前是一名警官。我的一个兄弟也是一名警官,我想他们希望我能做一些类似的事情,比如成为一名消防员之类的。

If we are to believe that our immigration laws simply have no value, as our current policies would have us believe, should we then simply throw them all out, the entire lot of immigration law? I hope not.

如果我们相信我们的移民法毫无价值,就像我们当前的政策会让我们相信的那样,那么我们应该把所有的移民法都扔掉吗?我希望不是这样。

Believe it or not, I was all fully rounded by the time I was nine years old.

信不信由你,我在九岁的时候已经完全成熟了。

Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted.

兴趣使一些人盲目,另一些人目光敏锐。