A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
灾难
Disaster
Every disasters screams for humor.
每一场灾难都需要幽默。
Pride and excess bring disaster for man.
骄傲和过分会给人带来灾难。
We are the authors of our own disasters.
我们是自己灾难的制造者。
The pursuit of approval usually ends in disaster.
对认可的追求往往以灾难告终。
Alas, I emerge from one disaster to fall into a worse.
唉，我从一场灾难中走出来，却陷入更糟的境地。
Only disaster can follow divided counsels and opposing wills.
只有灾难才能遵循分裂的忠告和相反的意愿。
Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
任何使战争变得容易和安全的企图都将导致耻辱和灾难。
Society is not a disease, it is a disaster. What a stupid miracle that one can live in it.
社会不是疾病，而是灾难。一个人能生活在其中，真是个愚蠢的奇迹。
My most disastrous date was not so much a disaster as uncomfortable for both parties involved.
我最糟糕的约会与其说是一场灾难，还不如说是双方都不舒服。
Get off your ass and get down here to fix the goddamn biggest disaster in the nation's history.
给我滚出去，到这里来解决这个国家历史上最大的灾难。
When I tried to play characters that strayed from who I am it ended in disaster. People didn't expect me in comedies or musicals.
当我试图扮演偏离自我的角色时，却以失败告终。人们不希望我演喜剧或音乐剧。
Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster.
尽管我们可能希望有一个新的开始，但我们中的一些人却拒绝这样做，好像我们是在向灾难迈出第一步。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
If we all think only of our own interests, we are headed for collective disaster - just look at what we are doing to our planet's climate.
如果我们都只考虑自己的利益，我们正走向集体灾难——看看我们对地球气候所做的一切。
I'm a wonderful disaster. So are you. We're all a mess. We're in this culture that says take this pill and you'll be happy, go on this diet and you'll be thinner, have your teeth whitened, people will love you more.
我真是个灾难。你也是。我们都一团糟。我们所处的文化是，吃了这种药，你就会快乐，坚持这种饮食，你就会更瘦，牙齿变白，人们会更爱你。
The timing was terrible, and having one disaster after another didn't help. I think the pictures on television of the way in which the disaster was handled also helped to turn off the public and Congress.
当时的时机很糟糕，一场接一场的灾难也于事无补。我认为电视上有关灾难处理方式的画面也让公众和国会感到失望。
I would hate now to be married. It does occur to me on occasion that, if I fall and hit my head, there will be no one to make the phone call. But who wants to think about that disaster, I'd prefer not to.
我现在不愿意结婚。我确实偶尔会想到，如果我跌倒撞到头，就没有人打电话了。但谁愿意去想那场灾难，我宁愿不去想。
If we continue to address the issue of the environment where we live as though we're the only species that lives here, we'll create a disaster for ourselves.
如果我们继续解决我们生活的环境问题，就好像我们是唯一生活在这里的物种一样，我们将给自己制造一场灾难。
I'm not really interested in politics, because I think it's just too removed from my own life. If there's a war, though, or a disaster, I want to know what's happening.
我对政治并不真正感兴趣，因为我觉得它与我的生活太脱节了。如果发生战争，或者灾难，我想知道发生了什么。