A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
世界
World
Of course the barbarians' aim of world domination has not escaped the attention of the Europeans, perhaps because unlike us they are closer to the walls.
当然,野蛮人统治世界的目标并没有逃过欧洲人的注意,或许是因为与我们不同,他们离长城更近。
There are so many times and places in history in our world that I just don't know anything about, and when I learn about them they're always fascinating.
在我们的世界上,历史上有那么多的时间和地点,我对它们一无所知,而当我了解它们的时候,它们总是那么迷人。
One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this.
一个被嘲笑、满身伤疤的人,仍在用他最后的一丝勇气,向那遥不可及的星星进发;世界将因此变得更美好。
Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish.
语言不能很好地表达思想。它们总是在表达出来之后立刻变得有些不同,有些扭曲,有些愚蠢。
If all human lives depended upon their usefulness - as might be judged by certain standards - there would be a sudden and terrific mortality in the world.
如果所有人的生命都依赖于它们的用处- -这可以用某些标准来判断- -世界上就会突然出现可怕的死亡。
As my dad said, you have an obligation to leave the world better than how you found it. And he also reminded us to be givers in this life, and not takers.
正如我父亲所说,你有义务让这个世界变得比你当初发现它时更好。他还提醒我们,今生要做一个给予者,而不是索取者。
If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher. Overlong, detailed to the point of distraction-and ultimately, without a major resolution.
如果现实世界是一本书,它将永远找不到出版商。过长,详细到让人分心的程度——最终,没有一个主要的解决方案。
East Hampton happens to have been the first place in the world where I was a star, a real star with a star pasted above my name on the dressing-room door.
东汉普顿碰巧是世界上第一个我是明星的地方,一个真正的明星,我的名字上方有一颗星星贴在化妆室的门上。
I feel that it is healthier to look out at the world through a window than through a mirror. Otherwise, all you see is yourself and whatever is behind you.
我觉得透过窗户看外面的世界比透过镜子看更健康。否则,你所看到的就是你自己和你身后的一切。
The richness of the world, all artificial pleasures, have the taste of sickness and give off a smell of death in the face of certain spiritual possessions.
世界的丰富性,所有人为的快乐,都有病态的味道,在面对某些精神财富时散发出死亡的气息。
What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and wildness? Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet, Long live the weeds and the wildness yet.
一旦失去了潮湿和野性,世界会变成什么样子?任凭它们去吧,噢,任凭它们去吧,野性和潮湿,野草和野性万岁。
Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, the emptiness of ages in his face, and on his back the burden of the world.
他被几百年的重压压弯了腰,倚着锄头,凝视着地面,脸上显出岁月的空虚,背上背着世界的重担。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.
你是受过教育的。你的证书就是你的学位。你可以把它看作通往美好生活的门票。让我请你想出一个替代方案。把它看作是你改变世界的门票。
The best color in the whole world, is the one that looks good on you.
世界上最美的颜色,是最适合你的颜色。
In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
用一种温柔的方式,你可以震撼世界。
In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.
为了了解这个世界,人有时不得不离开它。