A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
问题
Question
Did I do all right?
我做得好吗?
Never ask a bore a question.
永远不要问无聊的问题。
Good questions outrank easy answers.
好的问题比简单的答案更重要。
Who really needs a new album from me?
谁真的需要我的新专辑?
Have you ever tried to split sawdust?
你试过劈开锯末吗?
Where’s the stage and what’s the play?
舞台在哪里?剧本是什么?
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
我怎样爱你?让我数一数。
You aren't going to leave me alone are you?
你不会丢下我一个人吧?
Tell me, Connie, is your mother still dead?
告诉我,康妮,你妈妈还死吗?
He who frames the question wins the debate.
提出问题的人赢得辩论。
Literature is the question minus the answer.
文学就是问题减去答案。
If you never change your mind, why have one?
如果你从不改变主意,为什么要改变呢?
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
What we've gone through in the last several years has caused some people to question 'Can we trust Microsoft?'
过去几年我们所经历的一切让一些人质疑“我们能信任微软吗?”
I would seriously question whether anybody is really foolish enough to really say what they mean. Sometimes I think that civilization as we know it would kind of break down if we all were completely honest.
我要严肃地质疑,是否有人真的愚蠢到说出自己的意思。有时我认为,我们所知道的文明会崩溃,如果我们都是完全诚实的。
Will the theater disappear? No. Is it healthy? Also no.
剧院会消失吗?不。这是健康的吗?也没有。
But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake.
但是你可以做一个好的广播,有趣的广播,甚至是很棒的广播,没有一个紧迫的问题,一个迫在眉睫的问题。
I've never tried to find my real parents. I'm very grateful to my mum and dad for adopting me - they're completely incredible people. It was my dad who encouraged me to question everything, to forge my own path, to think, to read. I always felt it was my right to question everything.
我从未试着找到我真正的父母。我非常感谢我的父母收养了我——他们是非常了不起的人。是我的父亲鼓励我去质疑一切,去开拓自己的道路,去思考,去阅读。我总是觉得我有权质疑一切。
Didn't know you had a famous father, did you? Surprise!
你不知道你有一个有名的父亲,是吗?惊喜!