A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
理解
Understand
We're learning as we go. We're a lot smarter this time. We understand what it takes to mobilize away from the threat of a hurricane.
我们边走边学。这次我们聪明多了。我们了解如何动员人们远离飓风的威胁。
No, I didn't forget Samoan - I understand it when you talk to me but, you know, to put phrases together I sound like I do in English.
不，我没有忘记萨摩亚语——当你和我说话的时候我能理解，但是，你知道，把短语放在一起，我听起来就像我在说英语一样。
I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.
我曾经告诉我的丈夫，如果他能让我“理解”一些事情，这个国家的所有人都会明白。
The people of Rome no longer could understand their fevers. They seemed to have something to do with bad air, they said: the mal'aria.
罗马人再也无法理解他们的发烧。他们说，这似乎和恶劣的空气有关:马尔艾瑞亚。
I don't understand the whole thrilling verse, but I love the way poetry turns ordinary words into winged things that rise up and soar!
我不懂整首激动人心的诗，但我喜欢诗歌把平凡的文字变成展翅飞翔的东西!
I can understand wanting to be invisible and mistrusting people and wanting to understand everything before you engage with the world.
我能理解那种想要隐形、不信任别人、想要在与世界接触之前了解一切的想法。
The older you get, the more fragile you understand life to be. I think that's good motivation for getting out of bed joyfully each day.
年龄越大，你对生活的理解就越脆弱。我认为这是每天愉快地起床的好动机。
If more people learned to understand their real business interests correctly and to act accordingly, we would have a much better world.
如果更多的人学会正确理解他们真正的商业利益并采取相应的行动，我们的世界将会更加美好。
The guy who knows about computers is the last person you want to have creating documentation for people who don't understand computers.
了解计算机的人是你最不愿意为不懂计算机的人编写文档的人。
There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything.
这是现实。我们就是这样的现实。当你明白了这一点，你就会明白你什么都不是，你什么都不是，你就是一切。
When we grow up we all will understand that we have made mistakes which we are not proud of, but some of those are worth committing all.
当我们长大后，我们都会明白我们犯了错误，我们并不感到骄傲，但其中一些是值得犯的所有。
I had a hard time convincing students that they were going to North Africa to understand the North Africans, not to understand themselves.
我很难说服学生们，他们去北非是为了了解北非人，而不是为了了解他们自己。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
I have come to understand and appreciate writers much more recently since I started working on a book last fall. Before that, I thought golf writers got up every morning, played a round of golf, had lunch, showed up for our last three holes and then went to dinner.
自从去年秋天我开始写一本书以来，我对作家的了解和欣赏越来越多。在那之前，我以为高尔夫作家每天早上起床，打一轮高尔夫，吃午餐，出现在我们最后三个洞，然后去吃晚饭。
Going through this musical experience really helped us to understand the core of the film.
通过这次音乐体验，我们真正理解了电影的核心。
One of the things that I've come to understand is that as I talk a lot about Picard, what I find is that I'm talking about myself.
我逐渐明白的一件事是，当我谈论皮卡德的时候，我发现我谈论的是我自己。
I don't think I'm too thin at all. I understand when people say, 'Well your face gets gaunt,' but to get your bottom half to be the right size, your face might have to be a little gaunt. You choose your battles.
我一点也不觉得自己太瘦。我能理解当人们说，‘你的脸变得憔悴了’，但要让你的下半身变得合适，你的脸可能得有点憔悴。你选择你的战斗。
Similarly, anyone who wishes to understand the mind of the sacred writers must first cleanse his own life, and approach the saints by copying their deeds.
同样地，任何想要了解神圣作家思想的人，必须先净化自己的生活，并通过模仿圣人的行为来接近他们。