A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
告诉
Told
I have been told by hospital authorities that more copies of my works are left behind by departing patients than those of any other author.
医院当局告诉我，离开的病人留下的我的作品比任何其他作者留下的都多。
My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your own to it. I'd like to think I did that.
我妈妈总是告诉我，即使一首歌已经被唱了一千遍，你仍然可以把你自己的东西带进去。我想我做到了。
This is my first term. I was told it was going to be an exciting term, and a lot of things would be done, and I cannot think about something more exciting than save Social Security.
这是我的第一项。有人告诉我，这将是一个令人兴奋的学期，会有很多事情要做，我想不出比拯救社会保障更令人兴奋的事情了。
So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!
所以人们认为我一直在谎报年龄?是记录错了。我从来没有告诉过任何人我有多大。他们一问我，我就说:‘这不关你的事。所以这意味着我从来没有谎报过自己的年龄。现在这是真的!
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
I have not told half of what I saw.
我所看到的一半还没有讲出来。
I wish I hadn't told you.
我要是没告诉你就好了。
The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.
只有艺术家才能看到灵魂。但当他告诉大家他们出现在他面前时，每个人都看到了他们。
Had anyone told me that I was going to have a career in business, I would have said, 'No way.'
如果有人告诉我，我要从商，我会说，‘不可能。’
There are two kinds of people: the ones who need to be told and the ones who figure it out all by themselves.
世界上有两种人:一种人需要别人告诉他，另一种人则完全靠自己。
I told the students that whatever they did in class was for the wastebasket.
我告诉学生们，他们在课堂上所做的一切都是为了扔废纸篓。