A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
沙漠
Desert
A desert is a place without expectation.
沙漠是一个没有期待的地方。
The devout have laid out gardens in the desert.
虔诚的信徒在沙漠中开辟了花园。
Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert.
没有真理的叛逆就像荒凉干旱沙漠中的春天。
The desert surrounds your every step and you walk forever a thirsty man.
旷野环绕你的每一步，你永远是一个口渴的人。
Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.
黑夜突然降临在沙漠上，好像有人把灯关掉了。
Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority.
生命是沙漠，生命是孤独，死亡与我们同在。
This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.
这沙漠的信条似乎无法用语言来表达，实际上也无法用思想来表达。
They defended the grains of sand in the desert to the last drop of their blood.
他们保卫沙漠中的沙粒，直到流尽最后一滴血。
The desert has its holiness of silence, the crowd its holiness of conversation.
沙漠有它的沉默的神圣，人群有它的谈话的神圣。
I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch.
我必须生活在沙漠中，才能充分认识到青草在绿色沟渠中的价值。
They were conspiring to desert us in the night and steal some of our horses... we engaged a spy.
他们密谋在夜里抛弃我们，偷走我们的几匹马……我们雇了一个间谍。
Never thank anybody for anything, except a drink of water in the desert - and then make it brief.
永远不要感谢任何人的任何事情，除了在沙漠里喝点水——然后简短地说。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
They took it for granted that if they went he would go also, but really they scarcely cared. Thus children are ever so ready, when novelty knocks, to desert their dearest ones.
他们想当然地认为，如果他们去，他也会去，但实际上他们根本不在乎。因此，当新鲜事物来临时，孩子们总是准备好抛弃他们最亲爱的人。
I would never, ever desert my child. A lot of my friends didn't have fathers growing up, and they were very upset that their fathers weren't around. I was lucky to have mine around.
我永远不会抛弃我的孩子。我的很多朋友在成长过程中没有父亲，他们对父亲不在身边感到非常难过。我很幸运身边有我的朋友。
I may be able to spot arrowheads on the desert but a refrigerator is a jungle in which I am easily lost.
我也许能在沙漠上看到箭头，但冰箱是一个丛林，我很容易迷失在其中。
You should not see the desert simply as some faraway place of little rain. There are many forms of thirst.
你不应该仅仅把沙漠看作是一个遥远的少雨的地方。口渴有很多种形式。
As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means.
为了改善社会生活，我建议你去大城市。如今，它是我们力所能及的唯一沙漠。
Going up north with the redwoods and driving along the coast, it's got everything, man. It's got the desert, the mountains, and the ocean. It's beautiful.
带着红杉树向北走，沿着海岸开车，那里什么都有，伙计。这里有沙漠、山脉和海洋。它是美丽的。