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We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.

  • -- Booker T. Washington 布克·华盛顿

我们不只是借用词语;有时，英语在小巷里追逐其他语言，把它们打得不省力气，搜刮口袋里的新词汇。

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I never felt like there was an unconscious part of me around that woke up or that came out of the closet; there wasn't a struggle, there wasn't an attempt to suppress.

我从来没有感觉到我周围有一个无意识的部分醒来或从壁橱里出来;没有挣扎，没有压制。

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There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.

一个文盲身上有一种说不出的新鲜感和无意识感，它使最高尚的表达天才的力量受到贬低和嘲笑。

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The difference between an author and a horse is that the horse doesn't understand the horse dealer's language.

作家和马的区别在于马不懂马贩子的语言。

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Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife.

音乐是精神的语言。它开启了生命带来和平、消除冲突的秘密。

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In fact, eloquence in English will inevitably make use of the Latin element in our vocabulary.

事实上，英语中的雄辩将不可避免地使用我们词汇中的拉丁元素。

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English muffins with avocado is one of my favorite breakfasts.

牛油果英式松饼是我最喜欢的早餐之一。

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