A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
两个
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I remember being shocked when I came out from under the focusing cloth after a minute or two being submerged within that, at the startling green color of those ferns.
我记得当我从聚焦布下出来的时候，我被那些令人吃惊的绿色蕨类植物淹没了一两分钟。
There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you.
有两件事比饭后演讲更难:爬向你倾斜的墙和亲吻一个远离你的女孩。
The wool of a thousand sheep in good pasture at the least ought to yield fifty marks a year, the wool of two thousand one hundred marks, and so forth, counting by thousands.
一千头羊在好草场上的毛，一年至少得五十马克，两千一百马克，依此类推，以千计。
It was implicitly supposed that every living thing was distinctively plant or animal; that there were real and profound differences between the two, if only they could be seized.
人们想当然地认为每一种生物都是独特的植物或动物;这两者之间存在着真实而深刻的差异，只要能抓住它们就好了。
Have you ever found any logical reason why mutual promises are sufficient consideration for one another (like the two lean horses of a Calcutta hack who can only just stand together)? I have not.
你有没有找到任何合理的理由来解释为什么相互的承诺对彼此来说是足够的考虑(就像加尔各答两个只能站在一起的瘦马)?我没有。
If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.
三人行，必有我师焉。择其善者而从之，其不善者而改之。
The problem is, when you're working with orchestras, you only get the orchestra for about two hours before the performance to pull it all together, and that doesn't sound like a real collaboration.
问题是，当你和管弦乐队合作的时候，你只能让管弦乐队在演出前两个小时把所有的东西组合起来，这听起来不像是真正的合作。
I'm looking for one of two things and sometimes they dovetail: I'm looking to go into a theatre and see a certain kind of show. And if it's not there, I'd like to do it myself so it would be there.
我在寻找两件事中的一件，有时它们是吻合的:我想去剧院看某种表演。如果它不在那里，我想自己做，所以它会在那里。
At the beginning of every week, I like to sit down and figure out what I'm going to make. I probably try at least two new recipes a week. But I have my standbys - jambalaya, meatloaf and mashed potatoes.
在每个星期的开始，我喜欢坐下来，想清楚我要做什么。我可能一周至少尝试两种新食谱。但是我有备用的——什锦饭、肉糕和土豆泥。
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
我可以原谅，但我不能忘记，只是另一种说法，我不会原谅。宽恕应该像一张作废的便条——撕成两半，烧掉，这样它就永远不会对一个人显现出来。
You don't think about it at the time, but there are certain responsibilities that come with being the vicar's daughter. You're supposed to behave in a particular way. I shouldn't say it, but I probably was Goody Two Shoes.
你当时没有想过，但作为牧师的女儿，你必须承担一定的责任。你应该以一种特殊的方式行事。我不应该这么说，但我可能是个好人。
I don't really have any kind of rigorous or definite routine before I go onstage. I like to eat at least an hour or two before I go on. If I can't do that, I just wait until after. I try and drink lots of water before I go onstage.
在我上台之前，我并没有任何严格或明确的例行公事。我喜欢在开始前至少吃一两个小时。如果我做不到，我就等着。我试着在上台之前喝很多水。
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You know, we have two families: the one we're born into, and the one that we make for ourselves afterwards.
你知道，我们有两个家庭:一个是我们出生的家庭，另一个是我们后来为自己建立的家庭。
Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.
统一只能通过二元来体现。统一本身和统一的理念已经是两个概念。
During periods of extreme fear or greed, you don't have the proper balance between those two to generate market efficiency and you get extremes in behavior.
在极度恐惧或贪婪的时期，你无法在这两者之间找到恰当的平衡来产生市场效率，你的行为会走向极端。
It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited.
需要一个人的原谅，需要两个人的团聚。
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
友谊是两人一条心。
There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We will be the second.
有两种公司，一种努力提高收费，另一种努力降低收费。我们将是第二个。