A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
政客们
Politicians
Politicians often lie.
政客们经常撒谎。
Under every stone lurks a politician.
每一块石头下都潜伏着一位政治家。
There are, believe it or not, good politicians.
信不信由你,有一些优秀的政治家。
I believe politicians should always remain realistic.
我认为政客们应该始终保持现实。
We've got to trust the politicians with these decisions.
我们必须相信政客们的决定。
Politicians are no different than the rest of the public.
政客和其他公众没有什么不同。
Politicians always criticize each other in different ways.
政客们总是用不同的方式互相批评。
There's something just so kind of smooth about politicians.
政客们总是很圆滑。
I shall never ask, never refuse, nor ever resign an office.
我永远不会要求,永远不会拒绝,永远不会辞职。
I think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face.
我认为大多数政客都可以采取躲避的态度。
Politicians talk themselves red, white, and blue in the face.
政客们把自己说得面红耳赤、面红耳赤、面红耳赤。
Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.
一旦你的名字广为人知,政客们就会来讨好你。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
The vast majority of politicians think they are functioning on high principle.
绝大多数的政治家认为他们的运作是基于崇高的原则。
I think politicians get hamstrung by the nature of politics when the private sector can really do great things.
我认为,当私营部门真正能做大事时,政客们就会被政治的本质束缚住手脚。
Politicians are there to try to deal with stuff, but sometimes it's both fortunate and unfortunate that people like us have more... not involvement, but more power in the stuff that we say.
政客们是来处理问题的,但有时像我们这样的人拥有更多……不是参与,而是在我们所说的事情上有更多的权力。
From my experience, politicians are much more uncomfortable being made fun of than they are being preached at and screeched at - you know, and the soapbox routine. They're much more uneasy knowing they're a target of ridicule.
从我的经验来看,政客们更不愿意被取笑,而不是被说教、被尖叫——你知道,以及被例行公事地说教。当他们知道自己是被嘲笑的对象时,他们会更加不安。
There is one rule for politicians all over the world: Don't say in Power what you say in opposition; if you do, you only have to carry out what the other fellows have found impossible.
世界各地的政客都有一条规则:在野时所说的话,当权时不要说;如果你这样做了,你只需要完成别人认为不可能完成的事情。
Most successful politicians don't let the job swamp their lives.
大多数成功的政治家不会让工作淹没他们的生活。