A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
童年
Childhood
And what's a life? - a weary pilgrimage, Whose glory in one day doth fill the stage With childhood, manhood, and decrepit age.
什么是生活?——这是一次令人厌倦的朝圣之旅，它的光荣在一天之内就会使舞台充满童年、成年和衰老。
Mom was the greatest influence of my childhood. She wanted to save me from the vice, lust, and drinking that was all about me.
母亲对我的童年影响最大。她想把我从罪恶、欲望和酗酒中拯救出来。
A lot of my childhood memories involve walking home in floods of tears. At that age, feeling unpopular is difficult to handle.
我童年的许多记忆都是含着泪走回家。在那个年龄，感觉不受欢迎是很难处理的。
I always wanted to be a rock star. That was my childhood dream. That's what I told everybody I was going to be when I grew up.
我一直想成为一名摇滚明星。那是我童年的梦想。这就是我告诉所有人我长大后要成为的人。
Children wear their natures like brightly-colored clothes; that's why they lie so transparently. Adulthood is the art of deceit.
孩子们的天性就像鲜艳的衣服;这就是为什么他们的谎言如此透明。成年是欺骗的艺术。
All our pursuits, from childhood to manhood, are only trifles of different sorts and sizes, proportioned to our years and views.
我们所有的追求，从童年到成年，只不过是一些大小不一的琐事，与我们的年龄和观点成正比。
I spent much of my later childhood and adolescence very, very involved and interested in art, and particularly in animated movies.
我在童年后期和青少年时期的大部分时间都非常、非常热爱艺术，尤其是动画电影。
When I was a teenager, I thought nothing would ever happen to me because my childhood was so normal. I had this complex of normality.
当我十几岁的时候，我认为我不会发生任何事情，因为我的童年是如此的正常。我有这个常态的复合体。
Since my earliest childhood a barb of sorrow has lodged in my heart. As long as it stays I am ironic if it is pulled out I shall die.
从我很小的时候起，我的心里就有一股悲伤的刺痛。只要它还在，我就很讽刺，如果它被拔出来，我就会死。
The essence of childhood, of course, is play, which my friends and I did endlessly on streets that we reluctantly shared with traffic.
当然，童年的本质就是玩耍，我和我的朋友们无休止地在街上玩耍，我们不情愿地与车流分享。
We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until... we have stopped saying "It got lost," and say "I lost it."
直到……我们才跨过了童年和成年之间的那条微妙的界线。我们不再说“它丢了”，而是说“我丢了”。
I used to have Bible studies at my house. I was in the choir. I was mischievous but also a real mama's boy. It was a pretty happy childhood.
我以前在家里读圣经。我是唱诗班的。我很调皮，但也是一个真正的妈妈的男孩。那是一个非常快乐的童年。
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A lot of my childhood memories involve walking home in floods of tears.
我童年的许多记忆都是含着泪走回家。
When I was born I owed twelve dollars.
我出生时欠了十二美元。
A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.
快乐的童年毁掉了许多有前途的人生。
Smell is so powerful, you know. My grannies would both bake things like shortbreads and cookies. I think whenever I smell those kinds of things it really takes me back to my childhood.
你知道，气味是如此强大。我奶奶会烤一些东西，比如松脆面包和饼干。我觉得每当我闻到那种味道，我就会想起我的童年。
I didn't have a childhood.
我没有童年。
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
拥有一个快乐的童年永远不会太迟。