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出生
Born
And when I was born, I drew in the common air, and fell upon the earth, which is of like nature; and the first voice which I uttered was crying, as all others do.
当我出生的时候,我吸进了普通的空气,然后落到地上,这和大自然很相似。我发出的第一个声音是哭,和所有其他人一样。
Why are we born? We're born eventually to die, of course. But what happens between the time we're born and we die? We're born to live. One is a realist if one hopes.
我们为什么出生?当然,我们生来就注定要死。但是在我们出生和死亡之间发生了什么呢?我们生来就是要生活的。如果你希望,你就是一个现实主义者。
We are born into a disordered world, into a family we did not choose, into circumstances we would have had somewhat improved, and we are even called by a name we did not select.
我们出生在一个混乱的世界,一个我们没有选择的家庭,一个我们本可以有所改善的环境,我们甚至被一个我们没有选择的名字所称呼。
Those who are born of parents broken with old age, or of such as are not yet ripe or are too young, or of drunkards, soft or effeminate men, want a great and liberal ingenuity or wit.
有些人的父母因年老而破碎,有些人的父母还不成熟,有些人的父母还太小,有些人的父母喝醉了,有些人的父母很软弱,有些人的父母很柔弱,这些人都需要伟大而自由的才智。
Many now born, by the time they are voters will compose part of a nation with a genius nowhere equaled, and with a vast territory upon which those energies and that genius can operate.
现在出生的许多人,到他们成为选民的时候,将成为这个国家的一部分,而这个国家的天才是其他任何地方都无法比拟的,而且这个国家拥有广阔的领土,可以让这些能量和天才发挥作用。
Lacey didn't like it, even though he was born here, I understand. I mean, he was born in Brooklyn. He told the staff that they better prepare themselves to say goodbye to some of their friends.
莱西不喜欢,尽管他出生在这里,我能理解。我是说,他出生在布鲁克林。他告诉工作人员,他们最好准备好和一些朋友道别。
Isn't it sad to go to your grave without ever wondering why you were born? Who, with such a thought, would not spring from bed, eager to resume discovering the world and rejoicing to be part of it?
没有想过自己为什么会出生,就进入坟墓,这难道不令人难过吗?有这样的想法,谁会不从床上跳起来,渴望重新发现这个世界,并为成为其中的一员而高兴呢?
I was born with this. It's a hereditary genetic condition. This is something you can go your whole life without really knowing that something's wrong. I had high blood pressure, and that was the first sign.
我生来就是这样。这是一种遗传性遗传疾病。这是一件你可以在不知道哪里出了问题的情况下度过一生的事情。我有高血压,这是第一个征兆。
I'm sorry, it's true. Having children really changes your view on these things. We're born, we live for a brief instant, and we die. It's been happening for a long time. Technology is not changing it much - if at all.
对不起,这是真的。有孩子真的会改变你对这些事情的看法。我们出生,只活了短暂的一瞬间,然后就死了。这已经发生很长时间了。技术并没有给它带来多大改变——如果有的话。
I was born in Europe... and I've traveled all over the world. I can tell you that there is no place, no country, that is more compassionate, more generous, more accepting, and more welcoming than the United States of America.
我出生在欧洲……我周游了世界各地。我可以告诉你们,没有任何地方、任何国家比美利坚合众国更富有同情心、更慷慨大方、更包容、更热情好客。
Anybody who was in the military or a military family has a certain sensitivity to the separation. Everyone knows military wives have the hardest jobs. I was born into one. When I think back to those days, I didn't appreciate it then.
任何军人或军人家庭的人对这种分离都有一定的敏感性。每个人都知道军嫂的工作最辛苦。我出生在一个。当我回想起那些日子,我并不感激。
We know what happens to little black boys that have no dads; we've heard that, we get it. But no one is really saying that young women who are born without fathers have real serious issues especially when their mother had no father and the mother has issues.
我们知道没有父亲的黑人小男孩会发生什么;我们听说过,我们知道。但没有人真正说没有父亲的年轻女性有真正严重的问题,尤其是当她们的母亲没有父亲而母亲有问题时。
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A character who is thought-out is not born, he or she is contrived. A born character is round, a thought-out character is flat.
一个深思熟虑的角色不是天生的,他或她是人为的。一个天生的性格是圆的,一个深思熟虑的性格是平的。
Man always dies before he is fully born.
人总是在未完全出生之前就死了。
I don't think my sense of humor has changed at all; I was born with this, for better or for worse.
我不认为我的幽默感有任何改变;无论好坏,我生来就是这样。
By ancestry, I was born to rule.
根据血统,我生来就是要统治的。
Though born in Nova Scotia, I am of almost pure New England descent.
虽然我出生在新斯科舍省,但我几乎是纯正的新英格兰血统。
I was born an only child in Vienna, Austria. My father found hours to sit by me by the library fire and tell fairy stories.
我是奥地利维也纳唯一的孩子。我父亲花了好几个小时陪我坐在图书馆的火炉旁讲童话故事。