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。
Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.
魅力是一种不用问清楚问题就能得到肯定答案的方法。
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
如果一个人从肯定开始,他将以怀疑告终;但如果他愿意从怀疑开始,他将以肯定告终。
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?”
The question that will decide our destiny is not whether we shall expand into space. It is: shall we be one species or a million? A million species will not exhaust the ecological niches that are awaiting the arrival of intelligence.
决定我们命运的问题不是我们是否要向太空扩张。它是:我们是一个物种还是一百万?一百万个物种不会耗尽等待智能到来的生态位。
We need more foreign reach; no question about that. And we're working on getting that. We need more people abroad; we need some more bureaus. That is really an important job.
我们需要更多的海外业务;这是毫无疑问的。我们正在努力做到这一点。我们需要更多的人出国;我们需要更多的分局。那真是一项重要的工作。