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I prefer reading to writing. Reading changes your world view. Writing changes absolutely nothing. Except, of course, when it makes you rich.
比起写作，我更喜欢阅读。阅读改变你的世界观。写作绝对不会改变什么。当然，除非它让你变得富有。
I never really hated any particular sport but out of all the sports, I used to prefer the team games to running and sprinting and those types of things.
我从来没有讨厌过任何一项运动，但是在所有的运动中，我更喜欢团队运动，而不是跑步和短跑之类的运动。
My main objective is to prepare candidates for professional baseball; however, the majority of our graduates will go home as much better qualified amateurs.
我的主要目标是为职业棒球选手做准备;然而，我们的大多数毕业生回国后会成为更优秀的业余爱好者。
I can analyse the trajectory of my popularity and find out why the peak was a peak and the valley was a valley - grapple with it that way - but I prefer not to analyse it that much.
我可以分析我的人气轨迹，找出为什么顶峰是顶峰，而硅谷是硅谷——用这种方式来解决这个问题——但我更愿意不去分析太多。
I'd like to ask you: what you would prefer us to do? I'd like to ask my colleagues, would any other country act differently? I think the answer is very clear. No one would act differently.
我想问你:你想让我们做什么?我想问我的同事，其他国家会有不同的做法吗?我认为答案很清楚。没有人会有不同的行为。
The last Hague Conference has in the meantime expressed its opinion that a body should be established which could prepare for the work involved more effectively than has hitherto proved possible.
与此同时，上一次海牙会议表示，它认为应该设立一个机构，以便为所涉工作进行比迄今证明可能更有效的筹备。
I prefer to leave a little room in my bag to grab goodies when I'm travelling, but otherwise you need one good pair of shoes that can be worn day or night, a pair of black jeans, and a nice dress.
我喜欢在我的包里留一个小房间，当我旅行的时候，去拿一些好吃的东西，但是除此之外，你需要一双可以白天或晚上穿的好鞋，一条黑色牛仔裤和一条漂亮的裙子。
I would hate now to be married. It does occur to me on occasion that, if I fall and hit my head, there will be no one to make the phone call. But who wants to think about that disaster, I'd prefer not to.
我现在不愿意结婚。我确实偶尔会想到，如果我跌倒撞到头，就没有人打电话了。但谁愿意去想那场灾难，我宁愿不去想。
I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.
我接受了众议院的一个席位，因此我同意我自己的毁灭，你的毁灭，以及我们孩子的毁灭。我警告你们，你们要为自己的命运作准备。
Sometimes when my mom finds a fun article and really wants me to read it, I will. But I prefer to just kind of focus on what I want to do and not really what other people are saying, because I don't want that to affect me too much.
有时候，当我妈妈发现一篇有趣的文章，真的很想让我读的时候，我会读的。但我更喜欢专注于我想做的事情，而不是其他人在说什么，因为我不希望这对我有太大的影响。
I prefer lump charcoal over briquettes but I do use both for different reasons and different recipes and sometimes I combine them both when I really want the woodsy aroma from the lump charcoal and long, even heat from the briquettes.
我更喜欢块状木炭而不是煤球，但我确实会因为不同的原因和不同的食谱而同时使用它们，有时我把它们结合起来，当我真的想要块状木炭的木质香味和长，甚至是煤球的热量时。
I much prefer playing the bad guys. I think they are always the most interesting characters. I liken it to painting: if you're playing the good guy, you get three colors: red, white and blue. But if you're the bad guy, you get the whole palette.
我更喜欢扮演坏人。我认为他们总是最有趣的角色。我把它比作绘画:如果你在扮演好人，你会得到三种颜色:红色、白色和蓝色。但如果你是坏人，你会得到整个调色板。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Artie is a singer, and I'm a writer and player and a singer. We didn't work together on a creative level and prepare the songs. I did that.
阿蒂是个歌手，我是个作家、演员和歌手。我们没有在创作层面上合作，也没有准备歌曲。我这么做。
In fair weather prepare for foul.
好天气要为坏天气做准备。
I prefer film and that's what I think I'm gonna put my focus on.
我更喜欢电影，这也是我想要关注的。
There are things I've done in the past I'm not proud of - and I could talk about them if I wanted to - but I don't reveal my secrets... I prefer certain things to remain personal; there have to be boundaries. And I don't think you need a scandal to have an interesting story.
有些事情我过去做过，但我并不引以为傲——如果我愿意，我可以谈论它们——但我不会泄露我的秘密……我更喜欢一些私人的东西;必须有界限。而且我不认为你需要丑闻才能有一个有趣的故事。
Some prefer carrots while others like cabbage.
有些人喜欢胡萝卜，而另一些人喜欢卷心菜。
It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
我通常要花三个多星期来准备一篇好的即席演讲。