A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
英语
English
I was an English major in college!
我是大学英语专业的!
I read good. I was an English major.
我读好。我是英语专业的。
English music is white - it evades everything.
英语音乐是白色的——它回避一切。
I translated Beatles songs for my English class.
我在英语课上翻译披头士的歌曲。
I read the greens in Spanish, but putt in English.
我用西班牙语读果岭，但用英语推杆。
My heritage is English, so I'm proud to be back here.
我的传统是英语，所以我很自豪能回到这里。
For over ten years I always had, but I don't speak English.
十多年来我一直这样，但我不会说英语。
English muffins with avocado is one of my favorite breakfasts.
牛油果英式松饼是我最喜欢的早餐之一。
When I first came to this country, I didn't know how to speak English.
当我第一次来到这个国家时，我不知道如何说英语。
I don't want to play only Latin women. I want to have roles in English.
我不想只扮演拉丁女人。我想在英语中扮演角色。
I was crossing the English Channel with a carbon-fiber wing on my back.
我背着碳纤维机翼穿越英吉利海峡。
In fact, eloquence in English will inevitably make use of the Latin element in our vocabulary.
事实上，英语中的雄辩将不可避免地使用我们词汇中的拉丁元素。
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English should be our official language. Reading and speaking English are requirements to become a citizen.
英语应该是我们的官方语言。阅读和说英语是成为公民的必要条件。
My mother-in-law speaks not a word of English. I speak not a word of Tajiki. So I smile at her ingratiatingly and she fixes me with a beady eye.
我岳母一句英语也不会说。我不讲塔吉克语。于是，我讨好地对她笑了笑，她用锐利的眼睛盯着我。
In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English. But after four pots, your kettle's broken.
在墨西哥，我们有一个小窍门——在壶里放一颗盐晶体，茶的味道就会更好，几乎是英式的。但是四个壶之后，你的水壶坏了。
My early wounds were the English school system among other things. It wasn't merely the discipline, it was the ways in which boys got what was called the school spirit.
我早期的创伤之一是英语学校体系。这不仅仅是纪律问题，这是男孩们获得所谓学校精神的方式。
We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
我们不只是借用词语;有时，英语在小巷里追逐其他语言，把它们打得不省力气，搜刮口袋里的新词汇。
One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb.
英语简洁的一个优点是可以将同一个单词用作名词和动词。