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问题
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In every question and every remark tossed back and forth between lovers who have not played out the last fugue, there is one question and it is this: 'Is there someone new?'
在那些还没有演奏完最后一首赋格曲的情侣们之间的每一个问题和每一句反反复复的评论中，都有一个问题，那就是:“有新人吗?”
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。
When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.
当你结婚的时候，问自己这个问题:你相信在你年老的时候你能和这个人很好地交谈吗?婚姻中的其他一切都是短暂的。
At every turn, when humanity is asked the question, 'Do you want temporary economic gain or long-term environmental loss, which one do you prefer,' we invariably choose the money.
每当有人问人类“你想要暂时的经济利益还是长期的环境损失，你更喜欢哪一个?”
I have been judged to be a pessimist but what abyss of ignorance and low egoism is not hidden in one who thinks that Man is the god of himself and that his future can only be triumphant?
我一直被认为是一个悲观主义者，但一个认为人是自己的上帝，他的未来只能胜利的人，不隐藏着无知和自私的深渊吗?
There's another issue here - and I have some limits as to what I can say - but there's some real question as to the viability of the chemical masks, the protective gear used by our soldiers.
这里还有另一个问题——关于我能说些什么，我有一些限制——但关于我们士兵使用的化学口罩的可行性，还有一些真正的问题。
When he says he loves me, it only means he loves me at that particular instant. Like his promises, which he never keeps. Why does he torment me like this, when he could finish it off at once?
当他说他爱我的时候，那只是意味着他在那个特定的时刻爱我。就像他从不遵守的诺言。他既然能立刻把这事了结，为什么还要这样折磨我呢?
Instead, I was interested in what I guess I could call narrative indeterminacy, in questioning the apparent, taken-for-granted authority of any particular representation of the events in question.
相反，我感兴趣的是，我想我可以称之为叙述不确定性的东西，质疑任何特定的、被视为理所当然的对相关事件的描述的权威性。
I get asked sometimes 'What's the highlight of my career?' because I've been doing it for so long, and I always have a hard time coming up with something, because so many good things have happened.
有时有人问我:“我职业生涯中最突出的是什么?”“因为我已经做了这么长时间了，我总是很难想出什么来，因为发生了这么多好事。
I've been fortunate to come on places where the question isn't why did I do it? The question to me is always, why didn't anybody else do it before me? Those are the ones that I scratch my head about.
我很幸运地遇到这样的情况，问题不在于我为什么要这么做?我的问题总是，为什么没有其他人在我之前做过?这些就是我绞尽脑汁想要解决的问题。
The decision of such judges as Claudius and his Senate is worth very little in the question of a man's innocence or guilt; but the sentence was that Seneca should be banished to the island of Corsica.
像克劳迪斯和他的元老院这样的法官所作的判决，在一个人是无辜还是有罪的问题上毫无价值;但是判决是塞内加应该被放逐到科西嘉岛。
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。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Honey, have you ever seen a man knitting socks?
亲爱的，你见过男人织袜子吗?
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。
You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with another question: do you think we are wise enough to read God's mind?
你问:生命的意义或目的是什么?我只能用另一个问题来回答:你认为我们有足够的智慧来读懂上帝的心思吗?
Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question.
广播与小说的不同之处在于，即使是平庸的小说也需要目标，这是一个驱动性的问题。
What is youth except a man or woman before it is ready or fit to be seen?
什么是青春，除了一个男人或女人，在它准备好或适合被看到?