A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
马
Horses
I encourage people who don't believe in evolution to look for horses in Jurassic Solenhofen limestone.
我鼓励那些不相信进化论的人去寻找侏罗纪索伦霍芬石灰岩中的马。
My wife and my three kids and my grandchildren are my life, but my horses and my dogs are everything else.
我的妻子、三个孩子和孙子孙女是我的生命,但我的马和狗是我的一切。
A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor.
马是美丽的……只要他把自己打扮得光彩照人,谁也不会厌倦看他。
I love living with animals. And my children love animals. I love walking around and being with the horses. But the deer? They're naughty.
我喜欢和动物一起生活。我的孩子们喜欢动物。我喜欢到处走走,和马在一起。但鹿吗?他们淘气。
It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required.
骑马需要很大的身体勇气。然而,我有。我花四十美分买了一瓶,按要求买了。
By this way you may dress all sorts of horses in the utmost perfection, if you know how to practice it; a thing that is very easy in the hands of a master.
这样,你就可以把各种各样的马打扮得极其完美,只要你知道怎样训练它;在大师手中很容易的东西。
Owing to the difficulty of obtaining horses, Mr. Henry returns from this place. In descending the Mississippi I will request him to pay his respects to you.
由于找不到马,亨利先生从这个地方回来了。在密西西比河下游,我将请他向你们表示敬意。
For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding; and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer.
因为马被迫所作的,正如西门所见,都是无知的。它也没有什么美,就像一个人鞭打一个跳舞的人一样。
My friends and I would get up early and take our horses through the national forest. My mom was very free. It was always 'Out of the house!' There was no watching television on weekends.
我和我的朋友们会早起,带着我们的马穿过国家森林。我妈妈很自由。总是“在屋外!”周末不许看电视。
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It would take wild horses to get me to talk.
要想让我开口说话,恐怕得有野马才行。
Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.
老年人的思想像老马;如果你想让它们正常工作,你就必须锻炼它们。
Anybody who finds it easy to make money on the horses is probably in the dog food business.
任何一个发现靠马很容易赚钱的人可能都在做狗粮生意。
But I do love horses. They are such an expression of joy.
但是我喜欢马。他们是如此快乐的表情。
Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.
一般来说,男人对他们的马和狗的品种比对他们的孩子更小心。