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漂亮
Pretty
Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.
在我们还是婴儿的时候，天堂就在我们周围;不久之后，世界也开始在我们周围撒谎。
I did pretty good for a guy who never finished high school and used to yodel at square dances.
我为一个高中还没毕业的家伙做得很好，他过去常常在广场舞会上跳舞。
I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good.
在我看到亨德里克斯之前，我真的觉得自己很棒，然后我想:嗯，不太好。
I'm a perfectionist. I'm pretty much insatiable. I feel there's so many things I can improve on.
我是个完美主义者。我非常贪得无厌。我觉得有很多地方我可以改进。
I have always had a sense that we are all pretty much alone in life, particularly in adolescence.
我一直有一种感觉，我们在生活中几乎都是孤独的，尤其是在青春期。
What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.
我想说的是，如果一个人真的喜欢土豆，他一定是一个相当正派的人。
Congealed fat is pretty much the same, irrespective of the delicacy around which it is concealed.
凝固的脂肪几乎是一样的，不管它隐藏在什么微妙的地方。
Well, I don't know about the dizzy height, but I always thought they were going to be pretty big.
嗯，我不知道有多高，但我一直认为它们会非常大。
Usually, there's nothing being thrown toward the stage or at me. Then I feel pretty good about it.
通常，没有什么东西被扔向舞台或我。然后我感觉很好。
There are probably a few library fines I haven't paid yet, but I'm a pretty clean-cut guy overall.
可能有一些图书馆的罚款我还没有支付，但总的来说，我是一个很干净的人。
As an improviser I'm now pretty comfortable with trios, so I'm thinking of working up to quartets.
作为一名即兴演奏者，我现在对三重奏非常熟悉，所以我在考虑加入四重奏。
It wasn't so pretty, but it's a win and a guarantee of at least a share of the region championship.
虽然不是很漂亮，但这是一场胜利，至少保证了在地区锦标赛中占有一席之地。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
One can always come up with funny lists and jokes. You know what? I take it back. Not everyone can always come up with funny lists and some jokes. I'm very lucky to have a gift where I can do that pretty ably.
一个人总能想出有趣的清单和笑话。你知道吗?我收回这句话。不是每个人都能想出有趣的清单和一些笑话。我很幸运有这样一个天赋，我可以做得很好。
Yeah, it's pretty hard not to be completely cynical these days.
是的，现在很难不完全愤世嫉俗。
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.
把你的手放在热炉子上一分钟，就像一个小时。和一个漂亮女孩一起坐一个小时，感觉就像一分钟。这就是相对论。
(Wells) doesn't have the same thing I had, but it was still good talking to him. He seemed pretty comfortable with his situation.
(威尔斯)和我不一样，但和他聊天还是很开心。他似乎对自己的处境相当满意。
I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come together and have the sentimentalism of the one matched with the cynicism of the other. That ought to bring them pretty close to the truth.
我认为应该有这样一个俱乐部，牧师和记者可以聚在一起，一个人的多愁善感与另一个人的愤世嫉俗相匹配。这应该能让他们更接近事实。
I am super-proud to have a sort of famous character in my background that if you're a certain age, he was probably a part of your youth. I think that's pretty cool.
我非常自豪我的背景中有这样一个著名的人物，如果你到了一定的年龄，他可能是你青春的一部分。我觉得这很酷。