A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
幽默
Humour
They are all silly and ignorant like other girls; but Lizzy has something more of quickness than her sisters.
她们跟别的姑娘一样,又傻又无知;可是丽萃比她姐姐们还伶俐。
The Captain of the Watch says if you're still in the City by sunrise he will personally have you buried alive.
守夜人队长说,如果你日出前还在城里,他会亲自把你活埋。
Network administrators all share an abiding and passionate desire for one thing: We want our users to shut up.
网络管理员都有一个持久而热情的愿望:我们希望我们的用户闭嘴。
Anyway, I must be far from insufferable, since you've done an excellent job of suffering me these last months.
不管怎么说,我一定不是难以忍受,因为你在过去几个月里折磨我,做得很好。
Incidentally, I only have one cavity, and as much as my dentist asks me to, I just can't bring myself to floss.
顺便说一句,我只有一个蛀牙,尽管牙医要求我这么做,我就是不能用牙线。
I know stealing a foot is weird. But, hello, living in a house where a foot is available to be stolen is weird.
我知道偷一只脚很奇怪。但是,你好,住在一个脚可以被偷的房子里是很奇怪的。
He raised his sunglasses and saw a young woman in an impossibly brief dress with an improbably welcoming smile.
他抬起太阳镜,看见一个年轻女子穿着一件短得令人难以置信的衣服,脸上带着令人难以置信的欢迎微笑。
If he speaks again without me knowing who he is, I will throw him out of the window. And I won't open it first.
如果他再说话,我不知道他是谁,我就把他扔出窗外。我不会先打开它。
You haven't I suppose ever mixed with politicians at close quarters. They're awful...their stupidity is inhuman.
我想你从来没有和政客们近距离接触过。他们是可怕的…他们的愚蠢是不人道的。
Arthur narrowly avoided tripping over his own skirt as he hurried out of the ladies’ powder room in full pursuit.
阿瑟急匆匆地走出女盥洗室,紧追不舍,差点被自己的裙子绊倒。
Life is like yoga; the only way you can enjoy it is by relaxing into any position you happen to find yourself in.
生活就像瑜伽;你能享受它的唯一方法就是放松到你碰巧发现自己在的任何位置。
The men who made the joke saw something deep which they could not express except by something silly and emphatic.
讲这个笑话的人看到了一些深奥的东西,他们只能用一些愚蠢而强调的东西来表达。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
公众非常宽容。它宽恕一切,除了天才。
The pen is truly mightier than the sword. Unless you're holding a pen and the other guy's holding a sword.
笔真的比剑更有力。除非你拿着笔,而另一个人拿着剑。
With great power comes a great need to take a nap.
力量越大,就越需要午睡。
It was the list of activities thing. Like the menu with price, only I'm not the restaurant; I'm the meal.
那是活动列表的事情。喜欢有价格的菜单,只是我不是餐厅;我这顿饭。
I am a writer, I'm supposed to be intense and emotional.
我是一个作家,我应该是热情和感性的。
Stop worrying about life, no one survived it.
别再担心生活了,没人能活下来。