A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
伟大
Great
It's great to be wanted in this recruiting class. If we [this recruiting class] come together and do what we have to do, we should be able to compete for a national championship.
能成为这个招聘班的一员真是太好了。如果我们(这个招聘班)团结起来，做我们必须做的事情，我们应该能够竞争全国冠军。
The great majority of people are calm, resourceful, altruistic or even beyond altruistic, as they risk themselves for others. We improvise the conditions of survival beautifully.
绝大多数人都是冷静的、足智多谋的、无私的，甚至超越无私，因为他们会为他人冒险。我们把生存条件完美地即兴创造出来。
The fact people think that when you sell a lot of books you are not a serious writer is a great insult to the readership. I get a little angry when people try to say such a thing.
事实上，人们认为当你卖了很多书，你不是一个严肃的作家，这是对读者的极大侮辱。当人们试图说这样的话时，我有点生气。
It was a great experience for a kid, because it was a bunch of kids playing on pirate ships and water slides, so looking back on it, it was the fondest experience of my childhood.
对一个孩子来说，这是一次很棒的经历，因为那是一群孩子在海盗船和滑水道上玩耍，所以现在回想起来，那是我童年最快乐的经历。
I love having the opportunity to explore a part for a great length of time, really get deeper and deeper into it, because you only have a chance to do that once or twice in a career.
我喜欢有机会长时间地探索一个部分，真正地越来越深入，因为你在职业生涯中只有一两次这样的机会。
My father's drinking was sometimes a problem. And a great deal went unspoken. He was not particularly acute or articulate about the emotions. But he was very affectionate towards me.
我父亲酗酒有时是个问题。有许多话没有说出来。他对这些情绪不是特别敏感或善于表达。但是他对我很深情。
I fully realize that the new organization is a human rather than a perfect instrumentality for the attainment of its great objective. As time goes on it will, I am sure, be improved.
我充分认识到，新的组织是一个人，而不是实现其伟大目标的完美工具。随着时间的推移，我相信它会得到改善。
They showed this one beautiful picture of me recently and they had all the things that I had done. I thought it was a great compliment for everybody to think I've had plastic surgery.
他们最近给我看了一张很漂亮的照片，里面有我做过的所有事情。我认为对每个人来说，我做了整容手术是一种极大的赞美。
But cord blood also holds the great potential of producing pleural potential cells that could cure many other diseases such as juvenile diabetes, a disease that I live with every day.
但脐带血也具有产生胸膜细胞的巨大潜力，这些细胞可以治疗许多其他疾病，比如青少年糖尿病，这是我每天都要面对的一种疾病。
There was a great deal of peer recognition to be gained in elementary school by being able to draw well. One girl could draw horses so well, she was looked upon as a kind of sorceress.
在小学里，同学们会因为画得好而得到很多认可。一个女孩画马画得非常好，人们把她看作是女巫。
I'm lucky that my real-life Mom has both a great sense of humor about herself and an amazing ability to slip into complete denial if the subject matter gets a little too close to home.
我很幸运，现实生活中的妈妈对自己既有很强的幽默感，又有一种惊人的能力，如果话题太过贴近家庭，她就会完全否认。
I think there is great interest amongst the younger people in this music. I think that there is a lot of them that are looking for interesting situations and music that is stimulating.
我认为年轻人对这种音乐很感兴趣。我认为他们中有很多人在寻找有趣的场景和刺激的音乐。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
A great thing happening now in art is that artists are using the figure, the body, clothing, life.
现在艺术领域发生的一件伟大的事情是，艺术家们正在使用人物、身体、服装和生活。
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
人类的伟大成就来自于思想和热情的传播。
My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
我母亲和我之间有很多麻烦，但我认为她很喜欢。
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
生命的最大用处是将它用于比生命更长久的事情上。
Great art picks up where nature ends.
伟大的艺术始于自然的终结。
All great achievements require time.
一切伟大的成就都需要时间。