A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
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It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life.
就在几年前，我还没被雇来救我的命。
True love is like ghosts, Which everybody talks about and few have seen.
真爱就像鬼，人人都在谈论，却很少有人见过。
Except for a few small presses, most publishers are north of Ground Zero.
除了几家小出版社外，大多数出版商都在世贸中心遗址以北。
We had to adjust and threw a few more rise balls and curves but it worked.
我们必须调整，投出更多的上升球和曲线，但这是有效的。
Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end.
瑞士是一个事情很少开始，但很多事情都会结束的国家。
I'll get mine in a few years, when I get up there and when the time comes.
再过几年，等我上了大学，等时机成熟，我也会拿到我的。
There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.
聪明人很少知道他们所做的一切坏事。
I want a cheeseburger so badly, but I have to be a vampire in a few weeks.
我很想吃芝士汉堡，但几周后我就要变成吸血鬼了。
If you worry about yesterday's failures, then today's successes will be few.
如果你担心昨天的失败，那么今天的成功就很少。
I'm kidding about having only a few dollars. I might have a few dollars more.
我开玩笑说我只有几美元。我可能还有几美元。
I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.
我不希望艺术只为少数人而存在，就像不希望教育只为少数人而存在，不希望自由只为少数人而存在。
It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it.
真爱就像鬼一样;每个人都在谈论它，但很少有人见过它。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
These were big ones. Those companies would then go in and build an electrical system or ports or highways, and these would basically serve just a few of the very wealthiest families in those countries.
这些是大的。然后这些公司就会进入并建立一个电力系统或港口或高速公路，这些基本上只服务于这些国家中少数最富有的家庭。
Apart from a few simple principles, the sound and rhythm of English prose seem to me matters where both writers and readers should trust not so much to rules as to their ears.
除了一些简单的原则外，我认为英语散文的声音和节奏很重要，作家和读者都不应该太相信规则，而应该相信自己的耳朵。
I think it's important to have had at least a few years of obscurity, where people treat you like everybody else.
我认为至少有几年的默默无闻是很重要的，人们对待你就像对待其他人一样。
Until a few years ago, the topics in my Ph.D. were unfashionable, but they are very popular today.
直到几年前，我的博士学位课题还不流行，但今天却很受欢迎。
Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.
许多人轻视财富;很少有人能把它们送人。