A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
沉默
Mute
Nature is not mute, it is man who is deaf.
大自然不是哑巴，人是聋子。
In the presence of princes the cleverest jester is mute.
在王子面前，最聪明的小丑也是哑巴。
Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we use those languages, or we remain mute.
科技在我们身边繁衍生息。在越来越大的程度上，它们决定了我们说话和思考的语言。我们要么使用这些语言，要么保持沉默。
I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone.
我有三种恐惧症，如果我能消除它们，它们会使我的生活像十四行诗一样流畅，但又像排水沟里的水一样枯燥:我讨厌睡觉，我讨厌起床，我讨厌一个人呆着。
So by the time I got to Michigan I was a stutterer. I couldn't talk. So my first year of school was my first mute year and then those mute years continued until I got to high school.
所以当我来到密歇根的时候，我已经是一个口吃者了。我不能说话。所以我上学的第一年是我第一个哑巴年，然后那些哑巴年一直持续到我上高中。