A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
房子
House
Barry and I were in the middle of building a house, and I was in the midst of having a nervous breakdown, because that's what you do when you build a house.
我和巴里在盖房子的时候，我正处于精神崩溃的边缘，因为这就是我们盖房子的过程。
Is it no imputation to be arraigned before this House, in which I have sat forty years, and to have my name transmitted to posterity with disgrace and infamy?
我在这所房子里坐了四十年，竟蒙人传扬我的名，又蒙羞受辱，难道不是我的羞辱吗?
I've gone through stages where I hate my body so much that I won't even wear shorts and a bra in my house because if I pass a mirror, that's the end of my day.
我有过这样的经历，我非常讨厌自己的身体，我甚至不愿意在家里穿短裤和胸罩，因为如果我经过一面镜子，那就是我一天的结束。
I always have apples and fruit in the house. It's easier to eat something healthy if it's within reach. I also have yogurt, cheese and crackers, and raw almonds.
我家里总是有苹果和水果。如果在你力所能及的范围内，吃一些健康的食物会更容易。我还吃酸奶、奶酪、饼干和生杏仁。
Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests, and mines, and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.
每一本书都是一句名言;每一所房子都是森林、矿山和采石场的报价单;每个人都是他祖先的语录。
Since I was a boy, from this house, I was out rescuing crocodiles and snakes. My mum and dad were very passionate about that and, I was lucky enough to go along.
当我还是个孩子的时候，从这所房子里，我出去救鳄鱼和蛇。我的父母对此很有激情，我很幸运能参与其中。
Here at the house, I've been decorating it and getting it organized. My best friend moved in in October so I've been getting her settled. She's my personal assistant now.
在这所房子里，我一直在装修和整理。我最好的朋友十月份搬进来了，所以我一直在安顿她。她现在是我的私人助理。
I've read stories that are set in a celebrity's house, and you know where it is and what it looks like and what's inside it, and that's not something I want anyone to know.
我读过以名人住宅为背景的故事，你知道它在哪里，它长什么样，里面有什么，我不想让任何人知道。
If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.
如果让我说出房子的主要好处，我会说:房子可以庇护白日做梦的人，房子可以保护做梦的人，房子可以让人安静地做梦。
We're about to shoot an episode on Air Force One, for instance, and we're going to take liberties, small liberties, with Air Force One, as we take small liberties with our White House set.
比如，我们要在空军一号上拍一集，我们要在空军一号上随心所欲，就像在白宫一样。
The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on with one's life as if it were interminable. I always admired Chekhov for building a new house when he was dying of tuberculosis.
应对衰老的方法是让自己的大脑忙碌起来，继续过着永无止境的生活。我一直很钦佩契诃夫，因为他在死于肺结核的时候盖了一栋新房子。
I'm laughing because I know the secret of life. And the secret of life is that I have validated my existence. I know that I am worth more than my house, my bank account, or any physical thing.
我笑是因为我知道生命的秘密。生命的秘密就是我已经证实了我的存在。我知道我比我的房子，我的银行账户，或任何有形的东西更有价值。
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My house is very serious. It's a lot of antiques, and the way I decided to liven it up is, I paired it very vibrant colors and - bugs... I think that they're pretty. And I think that they're fascinating and they're natural.
我的房子很严肃。里面有很多古董，我决定让它更有生气的方法是，我把它搭配成非常鲜艳的颜色和虫子……我觉得它们很漂亮。我认为它们很迷人，很自然。
I've had tons of odd jobs, but I think that I would probably be a fireman because you get to see the results of your job. You get there and there is a house on fire. You leave and there's not a fire anymore.
我做过很多零工，但我想我可能会成为一名消防员，因为你可以看到你工作的结果。你到了那里，发现一所房子着火了。你走了，再也没有火了。
The house of laughter makes a house of woe.
欢乐的房屋，造成悲哀的房屋。
When we first sort of break in or bust into the house, if you will, there's some tough love.
当我们第一次破门而入的时候，如果你愿意，我们之间会有一种难以言表的爱。
If you're going to live in the house make it your goal to just pay off your mortgage.
如果你打算住在这所房子里，把还清抵押贷款作为你的目标。
My house is completely organized from my closets to my drawers.
我的房子从壁橱到抽屉都井井有条。