A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
车
Car
Perhaps people, and kids especially, are spoiled today, because all the kids today have cars, it seems. When I was young you were lucky to have a bike.
也许现在的人们，尤其是孩子们，都被宠坏了，因为现在所有的孩子似乎都有车。当我年轻的时候，你很幸运有一辆自行车。
Remote villages and communities have lost their identity, and their peace and charm have been sacrificed to that worst of abominations, the automobile.
偏远的村庄和社区已经失去了它们的特性，它们的和平和魅力被牺牲给了最可怕的东西，汽车。
The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible.
当我开始赚钱的时候，最大的乐趣不是买汽车或游艇，而是发现自己能有尽可能多的新打出来的草稿。
No illusion is more crucial than the illusion that great success and huge money buy you immunity from the common ills of mankind, such as cars that won't start.
没有什么幻觉比幻想更重要的了:巨大的成功和巨额的金钱能让你免除人类的常见疾病，比如汽车发动不起来。
We approach people the same way we approach our cars. We take the poor kid to a doctor and ask, What's wrong with him, how much will it cost, and when can I pick him up?
我们对待人就像对待汽车一样。我们带这个可怜的孩子去看医生，问他怎么了，要花多少钱，我什么时候能去接他?
The automobile, both a cause and an effect of this decentralization, is ideally suited for our vast landscape and our generally confused and contrary commuting patterns.
汽车，作为这种权力下放的原因和结果，非常适合我们广阔的景观和我们普遍混乱和相反的通勤模式。
We need to become good citizens in the global village, instead of competing. What are we competing for - to drive more cars, eat more steaks? That will destroy the world.
我们需要成为地球村的好公民，而不是竞争。我们在竞争什么——开更多的车，吃更多的牛排?那将毁灭世界。
Devices are getting smarter - your television, your car - and that means more data spread around. There needs to be a fabric that connects all these devices. That's what we do.
设备变得越来越智能——你的电视，你的汽车——这意味着更多的数据被传播开来。需要有一个连接所有这些设备的结构。这就是我们所做的。
I miss Saturday morning, rolling out of bed, not shaving, getting into my car with my girls, driving to the supermarket, squeezing the fruit, getting my car washed, taking walks.
我想念星期六的早晨，从床上爬起来，不刮胡子，和我的女儿们一起上车，开车去超市，挤水果，洗车，散步。
We often attribute 'understanding' and other cognitive predicates by metaphor and analogy to cars, adding machines, and other artifacts, but nothing is proved by such attributions.
我们经常通过隐喻和类比将“理解”和其他认知谓词归因于汽车、加法机器和其他人工制品，但这些属性并不能证明什么。
My boyfriend keeps telling me I've got to own things. So, first I bought this car. And then he told me I oughta get a house. 'Why a house?' 'Well, you gotta have a place to park the car.'
我男朋友一直跟我说我得有自己的东西。所以，首先我买了这辆车。然后他告诉我，我应该买一所房子。“为什么一个房子吗?“嗯，你得有个地方停车。”
I mean, you've kind of got the track down, especially with ovals. The only thing that improves is that when race conditions come, you know what to expect slightly more from the track and from your car.
我的意思是，你已经找到了线索，尤其是椭圆形。唯一有所改善的是，当比赛条件来临时，你知道对赛道和你的车有什么期待。
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I do have a Bentley. I do go out.
我有一辆宾利。我经常出去。
I love singin' in the car, it just makes me feel good.
我喜欢在车里唱歌，这让我感觉很好。
I think that cars today are almost the exact equivalent of the great Gothic cathedrals; I mean the supreme creation of an era, conceived with passion by unknown artists, and consumed in image if not in usage by a whole population which appropriates them as a purely magical object.
我认为今天的汽车几乎和哥特式大教堂一模一样;我指的是一个时代的最高创造，由不知名的艺术家满怀激情地构思出来，如果不是被把他们当作纯粹的魔法物品的全体人民所使用，而是被形象所消费。
You have to wait six months to purchase a fuel efficient automobile made from overseas.
你得等六个月才能买到一辆海外生产的节油汽车。
When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough.
当你被安置在一辆赛车里，你要赢得比赛，第二名或第三名是不够的。
I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
我花了很多钱买酒、鸟和跑车。剩下的我都浪费掉了。