A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
火
Fire
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 erection of a fire altar which alone validates taking possession of a new territory is equivalent to a cosmogony.
仅仅建立一个火坛就能证明拥有一个新领土是正确的,这就相当于宇宙运动。
I never said i hated you. I just said that if you were on fire, I might consider roasting marshmallows. Big difference.
我从没说过我恨你。我只是说如果你着火了,我可以考虑烤棉花糖。很大的差别。
They're either going to fire you or they're not. They can only fire you. That's all they can do. They can't take your thumbs.
他们要么炒了你,要么不炒。他们只能解雇你。这就是他们所能做的。他们不能拿走你的拇指。
One may speak about anything on earth with fire, with enthusiasm, with ecstasy, but one only speaks about oneself with avidity.
一个人在谈论地球上的任何事情时,都可以带着热情,带着狂喜,但只有一个人在谈论自己时才带着贪婪。
I have some friends, some honest friends, and honest friends are few; My pipe of briar, my open fire, A book that's not too new.
我有一些朋友,一些诚实的朋友,而诚实的朋友很少;我的烟斗,我的篝火,一本并不新鲜的书。
If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.
如果你摔断了脖子,如果你没有东西吃,如果你的房子着火了,那么你就有麻烦了。其他一切都不方便。
The kind of event on a conveyor belt that causes a fire occurs in a variety of industrial environments, not uniquely in coal environments.
在传送带上引起火灾的事件发生在各种工业环境中,而不仅仅是在煤炭环境中。
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。
Well, yes, I've fired a lot of people. Generally I like other people to fire, because it's always a lousy task. But I have fired many people.
嗯,是的,我解雇了很多人。一般来说,我喜欢其他人被解雇,因为这总是一个糟糕的任务。但是我已经解雇了很多人。
Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by fire and sword, in modern days by the tongue.
偏见和不容忍,由于争论而沉默,通过迫害而努力保持沉默,在过去是用火和剑,在现代是用舌头。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.
有一天,在掌握了风、浪、潮汐和重力之后,我们将为上帝驾驭爱的能量,然后,人类将在世界历史上第二次发现火。
It takes two flints to make a fire.
生火需要两块火石。
It was an awkward moment. We were burning down our host's house, a situation which any guest seeks to avoid.
那是一个尴尬的时刻。我们烧毁了主人的房子,任何客人都想避免这种情况。
Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.
只有当所有的人都贡献了他们的柴火,他们才能建立一个强大的火。
When I heard Little Richard, I mean, it just set my world on fire.
当我听到小理查德的时候,我的意思是,我的世界被点燃了。
Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate name; ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation.
直呼其名——一杯白兰地加水!这是当前名称,但不是合适的名称;要求一杯液体火和蒸馏诅咒。