A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
能力
Able
We've been able to have our cake and eat it, too. Every song, every T-shirt, is absolutely a pure expression of what we want to do. And it connects.
我们可以鱼与熊掌兼得。每首歌，每件t恤，都绝对是我们想要做的事情的纯粹表达。和它连接。
The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.
臣民对君主的义务被理解为与他能够保护他们的权力一样长久，而且不再长久。
Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war.
我的父母是第一代能够思考这样一种可能性的人:我们一生中可能不会去打仗，也不会让我们的孩子去打仗。
I was never able to write seriously about heroes because I was very aware that I was not one and that in my background there was not this heroic thing.
我从来没有认真地写过关于英雄的文章，因为我很清楚自己不是英雄，而且在我的背景中没有这种英雄的东西。
The Bristol Channel was always my guide, and I was always able to draw an imaginary line from my bed to our house over in Wales. It was a great comfort.
布里斯托尔海峡一直是我的向导，我总能从我的床上画一条想象的线到我们在威尔士的家。这是极大的安慰。
There are many people in South Africa who are rich and who can share those riches with those not so fortunate who have not been able to conquer poverty.
南非有许多富有的人，他们能够与那些未能克服贫困的不幸的人分享这些财富。
The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden others most with the things for which he lends his name and pockets the credit.
最有权力的人是那些自己能做的最少，却让别人负担最多的人。
An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't.
教育不在于你有多少记忆，甚至不在于你知道多少。它能够区分你知道的和你不知道的。
As the only woman, I was able to sit with the officers in front, with a glass of vodka in one hand and a cucumber in the other. That's how I went to my first war.
作为唯一的女性，我能够和前面的警官坐在一起，一手拿着一杯伏特加，一手拿着一根黄瓜。这就是我第一次参加战争的方式。
There's no quick or magical way to lose weight. You just have to do it the natural way - diet and exercise and stick to it - and be able to do it at your own pace.
没有快速或神奇的减肥方法。你只需要以自然的方式去做——节食、锻炼并坚持下去——并且能够按照你自己的节奏去做。
Maybe if I'd not been able to kick a ball it would have been different, but I doubt it because all my mates are decent blokes now, just normal fellas with families.
也许如果我不能踢球，情况会有所不同，但我对此表示怀疑，因为现在我所有的朋友都是正派的家伙，只是和家人在一起的普通小伙子。
I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.
我认为，一个能够自己挣钱养活自己的女孩应该和世界上任何一个人一样幸福。独立和安全感是非常甜蜜的。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
If we can put a man on the moon and sequence the human genome, we should be able to devise something close to a universal digital public library.
如果我们能把一个人送上月球，并对人类基因组进行测序，我们应该能够设计出类似于一个通用数字公共图书馆的东西。
To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.
能够满意地回顾自己的一生，就等于活了两次。
It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able to do nothing else.
既不会读也不会写，总比什么都不会做要好。
As long as I keep enjoying my golf, then hopefully I'll be able to play well.
只要我继续享受我的高尔夫，那么我希望我能打得很好。
I was able to promote a strong defense budget when it could have been cut a lot more severely.
我能够推动一个强大的国防预算，而它本来可以被削减得更严重。
My dream was to be known as a writer and to be able to produce at least one book that would be read by people. That dream came true with the publication of my first novel - and all the rest has been a sweet bonus.
我的梦想是成为一名作家，能够写出至少一本书供人们阅读。随着我的第一部小说的出版，这个梦想实现了——而其他的一切都是甜蜜的奖励。