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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The other reason that I am here today, again from the State Department and from the court record of the court of appeals, is that when I am abroad I speak out against the injustices against the Negro people of this land.
我今天来到这里的另一个原因,同样来自国务院和上诉法院的法庭记录,是当我在国外时,我大声疾呼反对这片土地上对黑人的不公正。
I don't know how many sacred cows there are today. I think there's a little confusion between humor and gross passing for humor. That's kind of regrettable.
我不知道今天有多少神圣不可侵犯的东西。我认为在幽默和粗俗的幽默之间有一点混淆。这有点遗憾。
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。
I've never been more in love with anyone nearly half my age than I am today. I'd get married in a minute if I weren't still married to somebody else.
我从来没有像今天这样爱过比我小一半的人。如果我没有和别人结婚,我马上就会结婚。
Today is you own. Tomorrow perchance may never come.
今天是你自己的。明天也许永远不会到来。
It was important to score points today and I went for them with my guts.
今天得分很重要,我用我的勇气去争取。