A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
飞行
Flying
Well my dad was a pretty good player at one stage and my two older brothers played golf as well. So there were always golf clubs flying around the house.
我爸爸曾经是一个很好的球手,我的两个哥哥也打高尔夫球。所以屋子里到处都是高尔夫球棒。
There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but I find they have less horror when among them than when in anticipation.
没有什么伟大的运动是让子弹朝各个方向飞来飞去,但我发现当子弹在他们中间时,他们的恐惧要比预期中的少。
We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling around with no particular cohesion.
我们都在敦刻尔克附近的海岸上飞来飞去寻找敌机,而敌机似乎也在毫无凝聚力的情况下乱转。
The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air.
想要飞翔的想法是我们的祖先传给我们的,他们……羡慕地看着鸟儿在太空中自由翱翔……在无限的空中高速公路上。
And the two planes that were taking the band and crew that we had taken out to San Diego were flying out after the show. And so I was never supposed to be on that plane.
我们带着乐队和机组人员去圣地亚哥的两架飞机在演出结束后起飞了。所以我不应该在那架飞机上。
I was singing in a mall, and I picked a girl to come up onstage with me. As I was grabbing her hand, I fell off the stage. It felt like I was in the air forever, flying like Superman.
我在一个购物中心唱歌,我选了一个女孩和我一起上台。当我抓住她的手时,我从舞台上摔了下来。我感觉自己永远在空中,像超人一样飞翔。
Many psychoanalysts refused to let me speak at their meetings. They were exceptionally vigorous because I had previously been an analyst and they were very angry at my flying the coop.
许多精神分析学家拒绝让我在他们的会议上发言。他们特别精力充沛,因为我以前是一名分析师,他们对我擅自离开非常生气。
Meditation, especially for people who don't know very much about it and think it's this very hippy dippy thing, can really be powerful, terrifying even, as it lifts the rug up on your subconscious and the dust comes flying out.
冥想,尤其是对那些不太了解冥想的人来说,他们认为冥想是一件非常嬉皮士的事情。冥想真的很强大,甚至令人恐惧,因为它会掀开你潜意识的地毯,灰尘飞扬。
The big reason why we don't have space colonies and regular trips to the moon is that flying into outer space is just plain 'hard.' The business of safely transporting people off the Earth is a costly affair that requires a lot of technology.
我们没有太空殖民地,也没有定期去月球旅行的一个重要原因是,飞到外层空间是非常“困难”的。“安全运送人类离开地球是一项耗资巨大的事业,需要大量的技术。
You can take lessons to become almost anything: flying lessons, piano lessons, skydiving lessons, acting lessons, race car driving lessons, singing lessons. But there's no class for comedy. You have to be born with it. God has to give you this gift.
你可以通过学习变成几乎任何东西:飞行课、钢琴课、跳伞课、表演课、赛车驾驶课、歌唱课。但是没有喜剧课。你必须与生俱来。上帝必须给你这个礼物。
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If the Wright brothers hadn't put their lives on the line, we would not be flying around the world these days. So we need pioneers.
如果怀特兄弟没有冒着生命危险,我们现在就不会环球飞行了。所以我们需要先驱者。
Sure, you would lose more bombers without fighters, but, flying in formation, you could get the job done.
当然,如果没有战斗机,你会损失更多的轰炸机,但是,在编队飞行的情况下,你可以完成任务。
Flying is like the ultimate superpower; it's just, like, the coolest thing.
飞行就像终极的超能力;这是最酷的事情。
Flying is the only active profession I would ever continue with enthusiasm after the War.
战后,飞行是我唯一会继续保持热情的职业。
Sleep is when all the unsorted stuff comes flying out as from a dustbin upset in a high wind.
睡觉时,所有未分类的东西都像在大风中翻倒的垃圾箱里一样飞了出来。
When you see gossamer flying, be sure the air is drying.
当你看到游丝飞舞,一定要确保空气干燥。