A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
伦敦
London
Vicars, MPS and lawyers were amont those who considered me to be the best hostess in London.
牧师、议员和律师都认为我是伦敦最好的女主人。
I'm always afraid someone's going to tap me on the shoulder one day and say, 'Back to North London.'
我总是担心有一天有人会拍我的肩膀说:“回北伦敦去。”
The Royal Festival Hall in London is nice; people hang out there. I think this inviting, non-exclusive character is very important.
伦敦的皇家节日大厅很漂亮;人们在那里闲逛。我认为这种吸引人的、非排他性的性格非常重要。
It was a Sunday afternoon, wet and cheerless; and a duller spectacle this earth of ours has not to show than a rainy Sunday in London.
那是一个星期天的下午，潮湿而沉闷。我们地球上最沉闷的景象莫过于伦敦下着雨的星期天。
At the time, we thought it was a nice way to say something unique about the group to make us different from all the other bands kicking around in London.
当时，我们认为这是一个很好的方式来表达一些关于这个乐队的独特之处，使我们不同于其他在伦敦活跃的乐队。
I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it becomes to replace them. It's one of the curses of London.
我相信我们对人的关心会越来越少。一个人认识的人越多，就越容易取代他们。这是伦敦的诅咒之一。
On close inspection, this device turned out to be a funereal juke box - the result of mixing Lloyd's of London with the principle of the chewing gum dispenser.
仔细一看，这个装置竟然是一个丧礼自动点唱机——这是伦敦劳合社与口香糖自动点唱机原理混合的结果。
In spite of holidays when I was free to visit London theatres and explore the countryside, I spent four very miserable years as a colonial at an English school.
尽管有假期，我可以自由地参观伦敦剧院，探索乡村，但我在一所英语学校度过了非常悲惨的四年殖民生活。
They never were planning to be here. All my family are going to London because they wanted to go to the big one. There was never any showdown - there wouldn't be.
他们从来没有打算来这里。我所有的家人都要去伦敦，因为他们想去一个大的。从来没有任何摊牌——也不会有。
An office boy in London was the lowest of the low. The office boy was the tea boy. He would be the dog's body: It means someone who would do anything at all. I was quite prepared for that and enjoyed it.
伦敦的一个勤杂工是最低等的。勤杂工就是茶水工。他会是狗的身体:意思是什么都愿意做的人。我对此早有准备，也很享受。
During our stay in London for the first time I was able to establish personal contact with some of the organic chemists, whose work I knew and admired from the literature. I found them most gracious and helpful.
在伦敦逗留期间，我第一次与一些有机化学家建立了个人联系，我从文献中了解并欣赏他们的工作。我发现他们非常和蔼可亲，乐于助人。
Someday when peace has returned to this odd world I want to come to London again and stand on a certain balcony on a moonlit night and look down upon the peaceful silver curve of the Thames with its dark bridges.
总有一天，当这个奇异的世界恢复和平时，我想再次来到伦敦，在一个月色皎洁的夜晚，站在某个阳台上，俯视泰晤士河平静的银色曲线和它那黑色的桥梁。
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It was a night when London was ringed and stabbed with fire.
那是一个夜晚，伦敦被包围并被大火刺穿。
Gentlemen never wear brown in London.
伦敦的绅士从不穿棕色衣服。
A bicycle has transformed my experience of London.
自行车改变了我对伦敦的体验。
I certainly have no plans to leave London. It's a great town.
我当然没有离开伦敦的计划。这是一个伟大的城市。
In London, I take the Tube everywhere.
在伦敦，我到哪里都坐地铁。
For me, London is and always will be home.
对我来说，伦敦现在是，将来也永远是我的家。