A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
先生们
Gentlemen
Gentlemen never wear brown in London.
伦敦的绅士从不穿棕色衣服。
Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness.
来吧，先生们，我希望我们能把所有的不友好都喝下去。
Most gentlemen don't like love, they just like to kick it around.
大多数男人不喜欢爱情，他们只是喜欢随便玩玩。
A gentlemen of Beauce who stays in bed till his breeches are mended.
一个漂亮的绅士，躺在床上，直到他的马裤补好。
A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.
绅士就是从不无意中伤害别人感情的人。
First of all, ladies and gentlemen, you must forget that you are singers.
首先，女士们先生们，你们必须忘记你们是歌手。
A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.
教堂是从未去过天堂的绅士们向从未去过天堂的人夸耀的地方。
Gentlemen can now only behave as such, or be tolerated as such, in circumstances that are manifestly contrived or unreal.
绅士们现在只能在明显是人为的或不真实的情况下这样做，或这样被容忍。
Gentlemen, I fervently trust that before long the principle of arbitration may win such confidence as to justify its extension to a wider field of international differences.
先生们，我热切地相信，仲裁原则不久就会赢得这样的信心，使其有理由扩展到更广泛的国际分歧领域。
But, gentlemen, can any of us say that as a result of such overwhelming sacrifices of money, of men, of ideals, and of civil dignity the sense of security has indeed been attained?
但是，先生们，我们中有谁能说，由于如此巨大的金钱、人力、理想和公民尊严的牺牲，确实实现了安全感?
It was a great thing to be a human being. It was something tremendous. Suddenly I'm conscious of a million sensations buzzing in me like bees in a hive. Gentlemen, it was a great thing.
成为一个人是一件伟大的事情。这是一件了不起的事情。突然间，我意识到自己体内有无数种嗡嗡作响的感觉，就像蜂房里的蜜蜂。先生们，这是一件伟大的事情。
I am sorry to say that sometimes matters of very small importance waste a good deal of precious time, by the long and repeated speeches and chicanery of gentlemen who will not wholly throw off the lawyer even in Congress.
我很遗憾地说，有时候，一件无关紧要的事情会浪费大量宝贵的时间，因为有些先生们即使在国会里也不会完全摆脱律师的纠缠，他们不断地发表长篇累牍的演说，耍花招。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
I want to tell you ladies and gentlemen, the actions that we took were not always easy. The actions that we took were not always popular. But when you get yourself in public office, you must lead, you must do what's necessary.
女士们，先生们，我想告诉你们，我们采取的行动并不总是容易的。我们采取的行动并不总是受欢迎。但是当你进入公职，你必须领导，你必须做必要的事情。