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Expect
Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well.
从不着急。多做运动。总是快乐的。保证充足的睡眠。你可能希望会好起来。
Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow.
为这个世界做计划,就像你希望永生一样;但要为来世做计划,就像你期待明天就会死去一样。
It seems to me that more and more we've come to expect less and less from each other, and I think that should change.
在我看来,我们对彼此的期望越来越低,我认为这种情况应该改变。
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
如果一个国家期望无知和自由,在文明的状态下,它期望的是过去和将来都不会发生的事情。
We can't expect everybody to be there for us, all at once. So it's a lucky thing that really, all you need is someone.
我们不能指望所有人都能同时出现在我们身边。幸运的是,你只需要一个人。
I expect to drive it on the fairway every time I step up to the ball now. I've got a lot more confidence in my driver.
我希望每次我走上球道的时候都能在球道上驾驶它。我对我的司机更有信心了。
If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?
如果你不能完全按照自己的意愿塑造自己,你怎么能指望别人完全符合你的喜好呢?
It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what they do that matters but what they are not doing.
期望外派人员能做好工作是错误的,因为重要的不是他们做了什么,而是他们没有做什么。
Looking back now at my first World Cup experience, I didn't know what was going on. I was a newbie and I had no idea what to expect.
现在回想我的第一次世界杯经历,我不知道发生了什么。我是个新手,不知道该期待什么。
It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.
重要的是什么都不要期待,把每一次经历,包括那些消极的经历,都当作是在人生道路上迈出的一步,然后继续前进。
I don't expect people to get me. That would be quite arrogant. I think there are a lot of people out there in the world that nobody gets.
我不指望人们理解我。那就太傲慢了。我想世界上有很多人是没有人能理解的。
I don't want any man I can run over. What I love about a man in control is it allows them to be the kings that I always expect them to be.
我不想让任何人被我碾过。我喜欢一个能掌控一切的男人,因为他能让他们成为我一直期待的国王。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
期望最好的。做最坏的打算。抓住机会。
What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
我们预料不到的事很少发生,但我们预料不到的事往往发生。
What I expect of a movie reviewer is that he should love cinema as much as I do.
我对影评人的期望是,他应该和我一样热爱电影。
Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do.
过去的记录和成功的历史已经成为一种障碍。打破别人对你的期望变得越来越难。
I want to be able to do anything. I know it's probably not reasonable to expect, but that's what I'd like to do.
我想做任何事。我知道这可能是不合理的期望,但这就是我想做的。
Being a funny person does an awful lot of things to you. You feel that you mustn't get serious with people. They don't expect it from you, and they don't want to see it. You're not entitled to be serious, you're a clown.
做一个有趣的人对你有很多好处。你觉得你不应该对别人太认真。他们不期待你这么做,他们也不想看到你这么做。你没资格严肃,你是个小丑。