A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
水
Water
When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.
当水开始沸腾时，关掉暖气是愚蠢的。
Flowing water never goes bad; our door hubs never gather termites.
流水永远不会变坏;我们的门框从不聚集白蚁。
Don't stand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.
不要站在水边，渴望鱼;回家织网吧。
Candlestick was built on the water. It should have been built under it.
烛台建在水上。它应该建在它下面。
I bought some instant water one time but I didn't know what to add to it.
有一次我买了一些速溶水，但我不知道该往里面加什么。
The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
在流水旁边的那棵树更新鲜，结出的果实也更多。
I spent four days and four nights just covered in blood, falling in the water.
我花了四天四夜满身是血，掉进水里。
This land, this water, this air, this planet - this is our legacy to our young.
这片土地，这片水，这片空气，这颗行星——这是我们留给下一代的遗产。
My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine - everybody drinks water.
我的书是水;那些伟大的天才都是葡萄酒——每个人都喝水。
How can you put out a fire set on a cart-load of firewood with only a cup of water.
你怎么能只用一杯水就把一车柴火扑灭呢?
Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.
邪恶就像水，它丰富，便宜，很快就会被污染，但它自己却没有污染。
Water is life's matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.
水是生命的物质和基质，是母亲和媒介。没有水就没有生命。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Water is very forgiving. Everything lifts in water.
水是非常宽容的。万事万物都能在水中升腾。
Like water, we are truest to our nature in repose.
就像水一样，我们在休息时最忠于自然。
You may know that a cascade of water can wear away stone, but you can't predict what shape the rock will take at any given moment.
你可能知道瀑布会把石头冲坏，但你无法预测石头在任何时候会变成什么形状。
Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.
保护空气和水的计划，荒野和野生动物实际上是保护人类的计划。
You can't vote that water out of the city of New Orleans.
你不能把新奥尔良市的水投出去。
I often go on a liquid fast a couple of days a week. I never take just water. Instead, I'll have maybe six glasses of vegetable and fruit juices a day.
我经常一周有几天禁食。我从来不喝水。相反，我可能一天要喝六杯蔬菜汁和果汁。