A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
火
Fire
As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.
去用雪燃起火焰，正如用言语扑灭爱的火焰。
Cease-fire is important, but it can last only for a very, very, very short time.
停火是重要的，但它只能持续非常、非常、非常短的时间。
I've seen public opinion shift like the wind and put out the very fire it lighted.
我看到公众舆论像一阵风一样转变，甚至把它点燃的火也扑灭了。
How can you put out a fire set on a cart-load of firewood with only a cup of water.
你怎么能只用一杯水就把一车柴火扑灭呢?
To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
学习读书就是点燃一团火;每一个拼出来的音节都是火花。
Sometimes you don't need lightning to start a fire. Sometimes, it builds on its own.
有时候你不需要闪电就能点火。有时，它建立在自己的基础上。
Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.
与饶舌人的舌头相比，火与剑是毁灭的慢速机器。
It is as bad to spit out the fire and be shamed, as it is to swallow it and be burnt.
把火吐出来而感到羞耻，就像把火吞下去而被烧掉一样糟糕。
I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly.
我永远无法忍受失败。我对第二名不感兴趣。我肚子着火了。
Things don't ever stay the same. Natural beginnings come to natural or unnatural ends.
事情永远不会一成不变。自然的开端会有自然或非自然的结果。
I am full of fire and passion. I am not ready yet for great concentration and passion.
我充满热情和激情。我还没有准备好集中精力和激情。
Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all.
你带到火边，随手拿在手里的书，毕竟是最有用的。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Christmas! 'Tis the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial fire of charity in the heart.
我的圣诞礼物!这是在大厅里点燃好客之火，在心中点燃慈善之火的季节。
The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.
天空像鸡蛋一样裂开，直到日落时分，水着火了。
When one burns one's bridges, what a nice fire it makes.
当一个人烧了自己的桥，这是多么好的火啊。
Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire.
言论自由意味着在拥挤的人群中大喊“剧院”的权利。
The words of fire that from his pen Were flung upon the fervid page, Still move, still shake the hearts of men, Amid a cold and coward age.
他笔下的火焰之词，仍在那狂热的书页上挥洒着，在一个寒冷、怯懦的时代，仍在打动、仍在动摇着人们的心。
But what of black women?... I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire.
但是黑人女性呢?我最真诚地怀疑，是否有其他任何一个种族的女人，能在这样一场恶魔般的大火中，把自己的美丽带上来。