A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
灾难
Disaster
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。
If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster.
如果一首诗每次都是新的，那么它必然是一种发现的行为，一个偶然的机会，一个可能导致实现或灾难的机会。
There is humor in the specter of the worst disaster in our nation's history. All I have to do is sweep away the debris of shock to find it.
在我们国家历史上最严重的灾难的幽灵中存在着幽默。我所要做的就是扫除地震的残骸找到它。
I'll never have a tattoo - I just don't like them, and when you're old they can look a disaster. As for piercings, I don't like them on men.
我永远不会纹身——我只是不喜欢纹身，当你老了，纹身看起来会很糟糕。至于穿洞，我不喜欢穿在男人身上。
Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune?
每一个决定都是自由的，即使它会导致灾难。否则，为什么那么多人对自己的不幸睁大眼睛，挺直腰板呢?
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。
If we had a terrorist attack, the way the people respond is going to determine whether that attack is just a tragedy or whether that attack becomes an all-out disaster.
如果发生恐怖袭击，人们的反应将决定这次袭击是一场悲剧，还是一场全面的灾难。
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。
There is no 'need' for us to eat meat, dairy or eggs. Indeed, these foods are increasingly linked to various human diseases and animal agriculture is an environmental disaster for the planet.
我们没有必要吃肉、奶制品或鸡蛋。事实上，这些食物越来越多地与各种人类疾病联系在一起，而畜牧业对地球来说是一场环境灾难。
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。
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'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。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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。
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。
The pursuit of approval usually ends in disaster.
对认可的追求往往以灾难告终。
Every disasters screams for humor.
每一场灾难都需要幽默。
We are the authors of our own disasters.
我们是自己灾难的制造者。
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。