A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
完成
Finish
To finish first you must first finish.
要先完成,你必须先完成。
I finish what I have to do in the office.
我完成了我在办公室里要做的事。
I was born with a reading list I will never finish.
我生来就有一份我永远也读不完的书单。
In this country, when you finish second, no one knows your name.
在这个国家,当你获得第二名时,没有人知道你的名字。
When I finish a film, I put it away and I never look at it again.
当我看完一部电影,我就把它收起来,再也不看了。
When I finish playing, I think I'd like to coach college baseball.
当我打完棒球后,我想我要当大学棒球教练。
If nice guys finish last, then great guys come in right after them.
如果好人排在最后,那么好人就会紧随其后。
I wouldn't be surprised if this game went all the way to the finish.
如果这场比赛一直进行到最后,我不会感到惊讶。
Everything you say is worthwhile to me. Even when you don't let me finish a sentence.
你说的一切对我来说都是值得的。即使你不让我说完一句话。
Even if I don't finish, we need others to continue. It's got to keep going without me.
即使我没有完成,我们也需要其他人继续。没有我,一切都得继续。
The war on terror is a fight that we did not start, but it is one that we shall finish.
反恐战争是一场我们没有发动的战争,但我们将完成它。
Even now I can say I'd love to finish my career here, and then stay in the game after that.
即使现在我也可以说我很想在这里结束我的职业生涯,然后在那之后继续留在比赛中。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
In soloing - as in other activities - it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.
在独唱中——就像在其他活动中一样——开始比完成要容易得多。
It's okay if you finish cooking something easy after your guests arrive - some dishes must be prepared a la minute, as chefs say. Just remember to keep talking.
如果你在客人到达后做了一些简单的菜就可以了——正如厨师所说,有些菜必须提前一分钟准备好。别忘了继续说。
I really enjoy acting. At home I can't even finish a sentence, and here I am reading these wonderful lines. I think it must be every housewife's dream, to be an actress part-time.
我真的很喜欢表演。在家里我连一句话都写不完,而我却在这里读着这些美妙的诗句。我想做一个兼职演员一定是每个家庭主妇的梦想。
When I finish a picture I don't show it to anyone if I feel it's not good enough yet. I've learnt to listen to my partners and my friends. For me it's the biggest success if they like it.
当我完成一幅画,如果我觉得它还不够好,我不会给任何人看。我学会了倾听我的伙伴和朋友。对我来说,如果他们喜欢,那就是最大的成功。
When I'm writing, I try not to think things like, 'Gosh, I have to finish writing this book.' Books are very long and it's easy to get discouraged. Instead I think to myself, 'Wow, I have this great story idea, and today I'm going to write two pages of it. That's all - just two pages.'
当我写作的时候,我尽量不去想,‘天哪,我必须写完这本书。“书很长,很容易泄气。相反,我对自己说,‘哇,我有一个很棒的故事构思,今天我要写两页。就这么多——只有两页。”
A big thing that gets people in trouble in the kitchen is not reading the recipe from start to finish before you cook it. Before you start anything, read through the entire recipe once.
让厨房里的人陷入麻烦的一件大事是,你没有在烹饪前从头到尾阅读菜谱。开始之前,先通读一遍整个食谱。