A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
会议
Conference
My oldest son, Gary, is a seasoned minister and travels with me for ministers' conferences.
我的大儿子加里是一位经验丰富的部长，他和我一起参加部长会议。
A conference is a gathering of people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done.
会议是一群人聚在一起，他们一个人什么也做不了，但是聚在一起却能决定什么也做不了。
This win shows progress. We don't want to get ahead of ourselves, though. A lot of people picked us to finish last in the conference, so it would be nice to prove them wrong.
这次胜利显示了进步。不过，我们不想超越自己。很多人选择我们在会议上最后一名，所以如果能证明他们是错的就好了。
The last Hague Conference has in the meantime expressed its opinion that a body should be established which could prepare for the work involved more effectively than has hitherto proved possible.
与此同时，上一次海牙会议表示，它认为应该设立一个机构，以便为所涉工作进行比迄今证明可能更有效的筹备。
That was the first major social sciences conference at which social scientists from all cultures wanted to reach a consensus on whether we can continue to pursue a national course in the social sciences or whether we need a cosmopolitan path that also connects us in a new way.
这是第一次有来自不同文化背景的社会科学家参加的大型社会科学会议，他们希望就我们是否可以继续在社会科学方面走全国性的道路，或者我们是否需要一条以新的方式将我们联系起来的世界性道路达成共识。