A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
花了
Took
To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off.
对于那些打领带的人，我想如果你们能把领带摘下来，我爸爸会很感激的。
The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.
一想到要把我的记忆带入永恒，我就崩溃了，于是我投靠了无神论。
My career always took me away from home, I was always away from home and I just wanted to be at home.
我的事业总是带我离开家，我总是离开家，我只想呆在家里。
To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the data in it all my life.
写这本书花了三个月的时间;构思三分钟;收集我一生的数据。
It took me years to understand that words are often as important as experience, because words make experience last.
我花了几年的时间才明白，语言和经验一样重要，因为语言能让经验持久。
My mother took great relish in introducing me as 'This is my son - he's a doctor but not the kind that helps people.'
我母亲很高兴地介绍我时说:“这是我儿子，他是医生，但不是那种帮助别人的人。”
I took my kids everywhere. I didn't have money for child care, so I took them to college with me and they sat in the hallway.
我带着我的孩子到处走。我没有钱照顾孩子，所以我带他们去了大学，他们坐在走廊里。
When I first started, I was kind of surprised that anyone would ever hire me at all. So I took everything that I was offered.
刚开始的时候，我有点惊讶居然有人会雇我。所以我接受了他们给我的一切。
I truly, truly believe that I was going in that direction and all of a sudden fate took me and put me here. It's like something else has other plans for me.
我真的，真的相信我正朝着那个方向前进，突然命运把我带到了这里。就好像有别的东西为我安排了别的计划。
What is ironic is that Allen Ginsberg's importance was in its twilight for so many years that it took his death to bring it to the front page. He electrified an entire world!
具有讽刺意味的是，艾伦•金斯伯格的重要性在这么多年的暮年才显现出来，以至于直到他的去世才登上了头版。他震撼了整个世界!
It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.
我们付出了大量的鲜血、汗水和泪水才走到了今天的位置，但我们才刚刚开始。今天，我们开始认真工作，确保我们留给我们孩子的世界比我们今天居住的世界好一点点。
Leaving the record companies tweaked something inside me and I realised I don't have to deal with labels to make something happen. If I want to meet someone, I don't have to go through the label - I'll just go to them. I took my life in my hands and social media has just helped me do that more.
离开唱片公司让我的内心发生了一些变化，我意识到我不需要和唱片公司打交道就能有所成就。如果我想认识一个人，我不需要看标签，我只要去找他们就行了。我掌握了自己的生活，社交媒体帮助我做得更多。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
I took a deep breath and let it go.
我深吸了一口气，然后就放手了。
Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch.
一些黄鼠狼把我午餐的软木塞拔掉了。
I think that everyone who took part has always been grateful for it.
我想每一个参加的人都对此心怀感激。
I didn't choose you. I just took one look at you, And then- there was just no turning back.
我没有选择你。我只是看了你一眼，然后就再也没有回头路了。
Came but for friendship, and took away love.
你为友情而来，却把爱情带走。
It took me a long time to learn how to write a good song.
我花了很长时间才学会如何写一首好歌。