A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
演讲
Speech
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。
Discretion in speech is more important than eloquence.
演讲时谨慎比雄辩更重要。
Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.
多演讲是一回事,适时演讲是另一回事。
The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech.
形容词是词性的香蕉皮。
Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
沉默如永恒之深,言语如时间之浅。
Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.
你说话要谨慎一点,免得毁了自己的前程。
He knew the lie of silence to be as evil as the lie of speech.
他知道沉默的谎言和言语的谎言一样邪恶。
Understanding is nothing else than conception caused by speech.
理解只不过是由言语引起的概念。
Before I begin speaking, there is something I would like to say.
在我开始讲话之前,我想说几句话。
I hope some day to make you all a cup of coffee. Alright, peace.
我希望有一天能为大家冲杯咖啡。好的,和平。
A good traveler leaves no tracks. Good speech lacks fault-finding.
善行者无彻迹,善言者无瑕谪。
But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.
但是如果思想腐化了语言,语言也能腐化思想。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
上帝,大自然的全能创造者和世界的缔造者,给人类留下了深刻的印象。
Silence remains, inescapably, a form of speech.
沉默仍然是一种不可避免的语言形式。
Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.
人类有语言来掩饰自己的思想。
Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.
沉默可能像说话一样被各种各样的阴影所遮蔽。
Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.
制定政策时,永远不要忘记子孙后代。演讲时不要想着后代。
I want to know what they look like, their height, and colouring, physique and speech pattens.
我想知道他们长什么样,他们的身高,肤色,体格和说话的方式。