A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
学校
School
The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification.
科学家已经学会相信理由,不是通过信仰,而是通过验证。
Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality.
科学和艺术属于全世界,在它们之前消除了民族的障碍。
Science consistently produces a new crop of miraculous truths and dazzling devices every year.
科学每年都会不断地产生一批新的神奇的真理和令人眼花缭乱的装置。
I did pretty good for a guy who never finished high school and used to yodel at square dances.
我为一个高中还没毕业的家伙做得很好,他过去常常在广场舞会上跳舞。
I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework.
我在一个没有人告诉我每天去学校做作业的房子里长大。
The stellar universe is not so difficult of comprehension as the real actions of other people.
恒星宇宙并不像其他人的真实行动那样难以理解。
Affliction is a school of virtue; it corrects levity, and interrupts the confidence of sinning.
苦难是美德的学校;它纠正轻浮,打断犯罪的信心。
I was always the guy getting kicked out of my classes at school for having an attitude problem.
我总是因为态度有问题而被学校开除。
Going to school is an everyday process; it isn't something we accomplish and are all done with.
上学是一个日常的过程;它不是我们完成的事情,也不是我们已经完成的事情。
My high school girlfriend would ask if I finally learned how to unbutton the back of a sweater!
我的高中女友会问我是否终于学会了如何解开毛衣后面的扣子!
After school I moved to London to get involved in music. I took the whole thing very seriously.
放学后我搬到伦敦从事音乐工作。我非常认真地对待这件事。
Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
我们的科学力量已经超过了我们的精神力量。我们有导弹和误入歧途的人。
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Our parents were very strict. Not in a brutal or awful way, but there were definite rules, such as after six on a school night you didn't go out, and at weekends you had to be home by a certain time. It wasn't particularly sheltered, but we were well brought-up.
我们的父母非常严格。不是以一种残忍或可怕的方式,而是有明确的规则,比如在学校晚上六点以后你不出去,周末你必须在某个时间回家。这里没有特别的庇护,但我们都是受过良好教育的。
Science is facts; just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house and a collection of facts is not necessarily science.
科学是事实;正如房子是石头做的一样,科学也是由事实组成的;但是一堆石头并不是一座房子,收集的事实也不一定是科学。
Corporate governance is a huge issue too. We don't have women on these corporate boards. More than half of the students in law school are women, more than half of the women, I think, in medical school now are women.
公司治理也是一个大问题。我们的公司董事会中没有女性。法学院超过一半的学生是女性,我想,现在医学院超过一半的学生是女性。
We had to be down early to get the best stuff for the pros we looked after and then get the rags that we were left ourselves for training. It seems very old school but it grounded me as a person and made me appreciate everything as a footballer, because all we got was a pair of boots.
为了给我们所照顾的职业球员买到最好的东西,我们不得不早早地下山,然后把剩下的衣服拿去训练。这看起来很老套,但它让我作为一个人脚踏实地,让我欣赏作为一个足球运动员的一切,因为我们得到的只是一双靴子。
Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing wonder and awe -- the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.
有两件事使我的脑海中充满了前所未有的惊奇和敬畏——我头顶的星空和我内心的道德法则。
The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth.
科学家的动机主要是好奇心和对真理的渴望。