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。
Man has wrested from nature the power to make the world a desert or to make the deserts bloom. There is no evil in the atom - only in men’s souls.
人类已经从自然界夺取了使世界变成沙漠或使沙漠开花的力量。原子里没有邪恶——只有人的灵魂里有。
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because some day in life you will have been all of these.
人生能走多远,取决于你对年轻人的温柔,对老年人的同情,对奋斗者的同情,对弱者和强者的宽容。因为总有一天你会成为这一切。
To illustrate what I mean, an apt dancer may be in thorough unison with the others in that particular group, and at the same time reveal a difference in dancing temperament, rhythm or technique; she may phrase, accentuate or actually interpret differently.
为了说明我的意思,一个灵巧的舞者可能与那个特定群体中的其他人完全一致,同时揭示出舞蹈的气质、节奏或技术上的差异;她可能措辞、强调或实际上解释不同。
Nothing in life is promised except death.
除了死,生命中没有什么是有希望的。
Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
一旦你学会阅读,你将永远自由。
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
理智和判断是领导者的品质。
Like seeks like--a scabbed horse and a sandy dike.
物以类聚,人以群分。
No one can do everything, but everyone can do something.
没有人能做所有的事,但每个人都能做一些事。
Stop waiting for things to happen go out and make them happen.
不要再等待事情的发生,走出去让它们发生。
Television probably has become the most evocative, widely observed signpost we have.
电视可能已经成为我们所拥有的最能引起共鸣、被广泛观察的路标。
What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
我们所谓的开始往往是结束。结束就是开始。我们从终点开始。
What makes community organizing especially attractive is the faith it places in the ability of the poor to make decisions for themselves.
社区组织之所以特别有吸引力,是因为它相信穷人有能力自己做决定。