A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
根
Roots
I'm still true to my Southern roots.
我仍然忠于我的南方根。
The roots of Cuban music are in my head.
古巴音乐的根源就在我的脑海里。
I mean, the genuine roots of culture is folk music.
我的意思是，真正的文化根源是民间音乐。
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
教育的根是苦的，但其果实是甜的。
Waters are distilled out of Herbs, Flowers, Fruits, and Roots.
水是从草药、花、水果和树根中蒸馏出来的。
Roots are not in landscape or a country, or a people, they are inside you.
根不在风景里，不在一个国家里，不在一个民族里，而是在你的内心。
Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
改变你的观点，坚持你的原则;改变你的叶子，保持你的根完整。
Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt.
如果个人美德的根病了，公共廉洁的果实就必然腐败。
Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions.
现在我是一棵老圣诞树，它的根已经死了。它们就这样出现了，当小针从我身上掉下来的时候，把它们换成大奖章。
I think there's been a major shift in grass roots media because of the Internet and because the geeks and nerds rule the world. They are in control in so many ways.
我认为草根媒体发生了重大转变，因为互联网，因为极客和书呆子统治着世界。他们在很多方面都处于控制之中。
I don't ever worry about whether I'm being true to my country roots. My country roots were adopted. I never worry about what I can do and what I should do. I just do what I want to do.
我从不担心我是否忠于我的祖国。我的祖籍被收养了。我从不担心我能做什么，我应该做什么。我只是做我想做的。
When kids can't afford to see it anymore maybe we'll have a whole resurgence of garage bands all over America and this New Wave thing will start to mean something on a grass roots level.
当孩子们再也看不下去的时候，也许全美各地的车库乐队就会全面复苏，而这股新浪潮将开始在草根阶层产生影响。