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。
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know.
一天早上,我射杀了一只穿着睡衣的大象。我永远也不知道他是怎么钻进我的睡衣的。
Cats know, comin' out of four, they better be standin' on it, else they'll be standin' in it.
猫知道,从四个里面出来,它们最好站在上面,否则它们就会站在上面。
The best foundation for relationships to grow, flourish, and succeed is a deep-rooted friendship.
关系成长、繁荣和成功的最好基础是深厚的友谊。
Great cataclysmic things can go by and neither the orchestra nor the conductor are under the delusion that whether they make this or that gesture is going to be the deciding factor in how it comes out.
巨大的灾难会过去,无论是管弦乐队还是指挥家都不会产生错觉,认为他们做出这样或那样的姿态,将是最终结果的决定性因素。
Language most shews a man: Speak, that I may see thee.
语言最能说明一个人:说出来,让我看看你。
You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.
你不是沧海一粟。你是整个海洋,在一滴水里。
Nurture your minds with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
用伟大的思想滋养你的头脑,因为你永远不会走得比你想象的更高。
You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
如果你不为那些永远无法报答你的人做点什么,你就不能过完美的一天。
A Fool follows his own wisdom and makes his own mistakes but a Wise man learns from the mistakes of fools.
愚妄人随从自己的智慧,犯自己的错误;聪明人从愚妄人的错误中学习。
In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking but now, God knows, anything goes.
在过去,人们看到袜子会感到震惊,但现在,上帝知道,一切都会过去。
A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in any other way.
一本文笔优美的书就像一张魔毯,把我们带到一个我们无法以任何其他方式进入的世界。
Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love; love recompenses the adorers.
要尊身为殿,使他得尊荣。又要尊心为圣,使他得爱为祭。爱能报答爱慕者。