A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
把好句子,读进生活里。
一句英文,一种视角。慢慢读,总有一句与你共鸣。
'Spice Girls' is about unifying the world - every age, every gender, everyone. It's woman power, it's an essence, a tribe.
“辣妹”是为了团结世界——每个年龄、性别、每个人。这是女性的力量,这是一个本质,一个部落。
Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there.
滑铁卢战役很可能是在伊顿公学的操场上打赢的,但后来所有战争的首场战役都在那里输掉了。
A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a 'No,' sweetens truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.
坏的态度会毁掉一切,包括理性和正义;一个好的男人能提供一切,给一个“不”涂上金边,使真理变得甜蜜,并给老年本身增添一抹美丽。
A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.
婴儿是上帝认为世界应该继续存在的观点。
I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.
我不喜欢那个人。我必须更了解他。
I look a certain way. I have a very specific kind of look.
我看起来是这样的。我有一个非常特别的样子。
Your love makes me strong. Your hate makes me unstoppable.
你的爱使我坚强。你的仇恨让我势不可挡。
Always tell the truth; then you don't have to remember anything.
永远讲真话;那你就什么都不需要记了。
You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
你永远找不到时间做任何事。如果你想要时间,你就必须赶上。
Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
教育造就了一大批人,他们会读书,但是不会区别什么书值得读。
When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.
当我完全确定一个结果值得得到时,我就会走在它前面,不断地尝试,直到它到来。
There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured. The only solution known to science is to provide the patient with an isolation room, where he can endure the acute stages in private and where food can be poked in to him with a stick.
作家不可能被驯服,变得文明,甚至被治愈。目前科学界所知的唯一解决办法是为病人提供一间隔离室,在那里他可以独自忍受急性期,食物可以用棍子戳进他的身体。