A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
铁
Iron
Let tyrants shake their iron rod.
让暴君摇一摇他们的铁棍。
A silver hammer breaks an iron door.
银锤打烂铁门。
Iron sharpens iron; scholar, the scholar.
铁磨铁,磨学者,学者。
Rust consumes iron, and envy consumes itself.
锈能消耗铁，嫉妒能消耗自己。
Better when birds sing than where irons ring.
鸟儿歌唱时，胜过熨斗响时。
A bar of iron continually ground becomes a needle.
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。
No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place.
任何铁器都不能象在适当的位置放置一段时间那样有力地刺穿心脏。
The only time I ever enjoyed ironing was the day I accidentally got gin in the steam iron.
我唯一喜欢熨衣服的时候是我不小心把杜松子酒放进蒸汽熨斗里的那一天。
I have legs of iron, but to tell you the truth, they're starting to rust and buckle a bit.
我的腿是铁制的，但是跟你说实话，它们开始生锈了，而且有点弯。
Also, I used to think that one day I might get someone to iron my shirts, but the truth is I really like doing them myself.
而且，我曾经认为有一天我可能会有人帮我熨衬衫，但事实是我真的很喜欢自己熨。
The Indians could not undertake any widespread cultivation of the plains not only because they lacked iron tools but also because they had no draft animals.
印第安人不能在平原上进行广泛的耕作，不仅因为他们缺少铁制工具，而且因为他们没有役畜。
The horrors of the Second World War, the chilling winds of the Cold War and the crushing weight of the Iron Curtain are little more than fading memories. Ideals that once commanded great loyalty are now taken for granted.
第二次世界大战的恐怖、冷战的凛冽寒风和铁幕的重压，只不过是逐渐消逝的记忆。曾经要求高度忠诚的理想现在被认为是理所当然的。