A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
比赛
Race
Don't overestimate the decency of the human race.
不要高估人类的尊严。
Travelers are like poets. They are mostly an angry race.
旅行者就像诗人。他们大多是愤怒的种族。
We race toward the future at the velocity of the present.
我们以现在的速度奔向未来。
The race of children possesses magically sagacious powers.
孩子们拥有神奇的智慧。
I have never made a decision based on race and never will.
我从来没有基于种族做出决定,将来也永远不会。
The finish line is just the beginning of a whole new race.
终点线只是一场全新比赛的开始。
If you want to win a race you have to go a little berserk.
如果你想赢得比赛,你就得有点疯狂。
The human race has improved everything, but the human race.
人类改善了一切,但人类没有。
You are the only person who has ever made my heart race like this.
你是唯一一个让我心跳加速的人。
Accordingly, one race is neither superior nor inferior to another.
因此,一个种族并不比另一个种族优越或低劣。
It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.
只有那些沉稳、安静、勤奋的人才能在这场终生的赛跑中获胜。
That's what we're striving for, making us a contender in every race.
这就是我们所追求的,让我们成为每一场比赛的竞争者。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Travellers, like poets, are mostly an angry race: by falling into a daily fit of passion, I proved to the governor and his son, who were profuse in their attentions, that I was in earnest.
旅人就像诗人一样,多半是一种愤怒的民族。我每天都要大发雷霆,向总督和他的儿子证明我是认真的,他们对我殷勤备至。
It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.
只有居住在世界各地的国家和民族才有狮子的心。我很幸运地被叫去吼叫。
When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs.
当你在一场三角旗比赛中,你不能想着全垒打。
Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.
音乐是一种声音,它告诉我们人类比它所知道的更伟大。
I'm not an expert on the arms race.
我不是军备竞赛方面的专家。
If you're that hypersensitive about color and don't have a sense of humor, don't marry out of your race.
如果你对颜色那么敏感,没有幽默感,那就不要嫁给你的种族以外的人。