A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
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About two months ago I finished a gospel tour.
大约两个月前，我完成了一次福音之旅。
I stopped worrying about being desired a long time ago.
我很久以前就不再担心自己是否被需要了。
I quit flying years ago. I don't want to die with tourists.
我几年前就不坐飞机了。我不想和游客一起死。
I just got into the Beatles a couple years ago, you know, I like it.
我几年前才加入甲壳虫乐队，你知道，我喜欢它。
It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life.
就在几年前，我还没被雇来救我的命。
We stopped doing my clothing line about five years ago, so it isn't available anymore.
我们大约五年前停止做我的服装系列，所以现在已经没有了。
If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?
如果我对终点线有一些固定的想法，你不认为我几年前就能越过终点线吗?
I learned long ago to accept the fact that not everything I create will see the light of day.
很久以前，我就学会了接受这样一个事实:并非我所创造的每样东西都能见天日。
I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.
我很久以前就学会了，永远不要和猪摔跤。你弄脏了，而且，猪喜欢这样。
Until a few years ago, the topics in my Ph.D. were unfashionable, but they are very popular today.
直到几年前，我的博士学位课题还不流行，但今天却很受欢迎。
The monarchy is finished. It was finished a while ago, but they're still making the corpses dance.
君主制结束了。这已经完成了一段时间了，但他们还在让尸体跳舞。
That no-hitter stuff was a long time ago; I don't think that has anything to do with it. I'm just going through a tough time.
那是很久以前的事了;我不认为这有什么关系。我只是在经历一段艰难的时期。
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A year ago I had a back injury and followed a good nutrition program to help speed up my recovery. I focused on exercise and staying healthy in order to get back out on the ice.
一年前，我背部受伤，遵循了一个良好的营养计划，以帮助加快我的恢复。我专注于锻炼和保持健康，以便回到冰上。
It doesn't seem that long ago to me that the word 'irreverent' seemed affixed to my name. 'Irreverent newcomer.' I went from irreverent to venerable in what seems to me like the blink of an eye.
在我看来，“不敬”这个词似乎并不是很久以前才出现在我的名字上的。”的新人。在我看来，一眨眼的功夫，我就从一个不敬的人变成了一个德高望重的人。
I think three or four years ago, people would have said my biggest weakness was that sometimes I was awkward on television, with my stammer, but I think they'd say that much less now.
我想三四年前，人们会说我最大的缺点是有时在电视上很笨拙，结巴，但我想他们现在会少说了。
According to the standard model billions of years ago some little quantum fluctuation, perhaps a slightly lower density of matter, maybe right where we're sitting right now, caused our galaxy to start collapsing around here.
根据几十亿年前的标准模型一些量子涨落，也许是物质密度稍微低一点，也许就在我们现在所在的位置，导致我们的星系开始在这里坍塌。
Since a month, two months ago, you know, I've started hitting the ball well. I'm playing some really good tennis. That really helps. I sort of have to motivate myself to get pumped up. It really helps my game a lot.
从一个月，两个月前开始，你知道，我开始打得很好。我网球打得很好。真的有帮助。我得给自己打气。这对我的比赛帮助很大。
But I'd long ago learned not to be picky in farewells. They weren't guaranteed or promised. You were lucky, more than blessed, if you got a good-bye at all.
但我很久以前就学会了告别时不要挑三拣四。他们没有得到保证或承诺。如果你能得到一个道别的话，你是幸运的，而不是幸运的。