A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
今天
Today
Today the theory of evolution is about as much open to doubt as the theory that the earth goes round the sun.
今天，进化论就像地球绕着太阳转一样，同样值得怀疑。
In the kind of world we have today, transformation of humanity might well be our only real hope for survival.
在我们今天所处的世界中，人类的转变很可能是我们生存的唯一真正希望。
It's just different today. Nobody seems to last too long these days. I wouldn't know how to get started today.
只是今天不一样了。现在似乎没有人能坚持太久。我不知道今天该怎么开始。
That's why so many stars are making pictures in Europe today. The tax guys are making thieves out of everybody.
这就是为什么今天有那么多的明星在欧洲拍片。税务人员把每个人都变成了小偷。
If they were starting their careers today, Rockwell and Picasso would probably both be painting on black velvet.
如果罗克韦尔和毕加索今天开始他们的职业生涯，他们很可能都是在黑天鹅绒上作画。
Today films are made to cater to commercial markets created by multiplexes, not for those who enjoy good cinema.
今天的电影是为迎合多厅影院创造的商业市场而制作的，而不是为那些喜欢看好电影的人。
We like the size of the company today given the environment and have no plans to split it up and make it smaller.
考虑到目前的环境，我们喜欢这家公司的规模，没有拆分和缩小规模的计划。
All I can do is today and tomorrow and have some idea of what we're doing next week. That's all I can worry about.
我所能做的就是今天和明天，然后对下周要做的事情有个大概的了解。这就是我所能担心的。
Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come, nor care beyond today.
唉，不管他们的命运如何，这些小受害者还是在玩耍!他们不知道将来会有什么灾难，也不关心今天以后会发生什么。
My vocal style I haven't tried to copy from anyone. It just developed until it became the girlish whine it is today.
我的演唱风格我没有试图模仿任何人。直到今天，它才发展成为少女般的哀鸣。
Today a minimum wage earner has to work a day and a half just to pay for a full tank of gas. That is simply shameful.
今天，一个拿最低工资的人必须工作一天半才能付满一箱汽油。这简直是可耻的。
Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.
今天，我下定决心要做一个善良的人，我不后悔，因为我对善良的东西比对真实的东西更有把握。
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Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.
舞者，今天的许多舞者在技术上可以做很多。你可以给他们一些复杂的步骤，然后是更复杂的，烟火的——他们可以把这些步骤执行到完美。但要用纯古典的线条做简单的步骤，确实很难。
Today is a great day, not only of healing and reconciliation, but also coming together. I'm so glad the whole Little Rock Nine was alive and here to see this.
今天是一个伟大的日子，不仅是治愈和和解的日子，而且是走到一起的日子。我很高兴整个小石城九人都活着，能在这里看到这一切。
I'm not retiring. I am graduating. Today is my graduation day. Retirement means that you'll just go ahead and live on your laurels and surf all day in Oceanside. It ain't going to happen.
我不退休。我毕业。今天是我的毕业日。退休意味着你可以安享现有的生活，整天在海滨冲浪。这是不可能发生的。
Models now need to promote themselves, think like businesswomen and diversify their careers by doing other things. Chances are very slim that a mere model will become a household name today.
模特们现在需要提升自己，像商业女性一样思考，通过做其他事情来丰富自己的职业生涯。如今，仅仅一个模特成为家喻户晓的名字的机会非常渺茫。
If today were the last day of your life, would you want to do what you are about to do today?
如果今天是你生命的最后一天，你会想做你今天要做的事吗?
An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.
经济学家是专家，他明天就会知道为什么他昨天预测的事情今天没有发生。