A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
之前
Before
In view of our public pledges, we public officials can never again go before the public merely promising election reform. The time for promises is past.
鉴于我们的公开承诺，我们的公职人员再也不能在公众面前只承诺进行选举改革。承诺的时代已经过去。
The strangest part about being famous is you don't get to give first impressions anymore. Everyone already has an impression of you before you meet them.
成名最奇怪的地方是你再也不能给人留下第一印象了。在你遇到他们之前，每个人都已经对你有了印象。
My doctor felt that the main contributing factor was so many years of malnutrition, especially during my formative years, even before I got into modeling.
我的医生认为主要的原因是这么多年的营养不良，尤其是在我的性格形成时期，甚至在我进入模特行业之前。
But, as we have before been led to remark, most of Mr. Darwin's statements elude, by their vagueness and incompleteness, the test of Natural History facts.
但是，正如我们以前所指出的那样，达尔文先生的大多数陈述由于含糊不清和不完整而没有受到自然史事实的检验。
I make photographs and still make photographs of the natural environment. It's a love because that was part of my life before I was involved in photography.
我拍照片，现在还在拍自然环境的照片。这是一种爱，因为在我从事摄影之前，那是我生活的一部分。
We suspect Dr. Clutterbuck's sense of hearing must be injured: for him the 'ear trumpet' magnifies but distorts sound, rendering it less distinct than before.
我们怀疑克拉特巴克博士的听觉一定受到了损伤:对他来说，“助听器”会放大但扭曲声音，使声音变得不那么清晰。
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.
当我走到生命的尽头，站在上帝面前时，我希望我不会留下一丁点儿才能，我会说，‘我用尽了你给我的一切’。
And as far as possible for sickness or fatigue, constrain yourself to eat in the hall before your people, for this shall bring great benefit and honour to you.
无论你是病了还是累了，都要尽量克制自己，在你的同胞面前到大厅里去吃饭，因为这将给你带来极大的好处和荣誉。
Mr. Darwin refers to the multitude of the individual of every species, which, from one cause or another, perish either before, or soon after attaining maturity.
达尔文先生指的是每一个物种个体的数量，由于某种原因，这些个体要么在成熟之前死亡，要么在成熟之后不久死亡。
I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It's done on gut feeling, especially if I can see that they are taking the mickey out of the consumer.
在我创业之前，我从来没有请过会计师。这是凭直觉做出来的，尤其是如果我能看到他们在愚弄消费者的话。
I bet you think an egg is something you casually order for breakfast when you can't think of anything else. Well, so did I once, but that was before the egg and I.
我敢打赌，当你想不起其他事情的时候，你会认为鸡蛋是你随便点的早餐。有一次我也是，但那是在鸡蛋和我之前。
As I said before, there are often disagreements as to what a particular set of facts mean. That is not at all unusual, and one shouldn't read into it more than is there.
正如我之前说过的，对于特定的一组事实意味着什么，经常存在分歧。这一点也不奇怪，人们不应该对此进行过多的解读。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Yes, of course that's true but you know, the irony of all that is that before the accident, I'd pretty much lost interest in playing drums.
是的，这当然是真的，但你知道，讽刺的是，在事故发生之前，我对打鼓几乎失去了兴趣。
I just get the same stuff as I did before, but the price tag is much higher.
我只是得到了和以前一样的东西，但是价格要高得多。
Your future is still before you. Your land is a vast storehouse of mineral and agricultural wealth awaiting further development for the benefit of mankind. It potentialities are magnificent.
你的未来还在前方。你们的土地是一个巨大的矿藏和农业财富仓库，等待着为人类的利益进一步发展。它的潜力是巨大的。
Long before I had money, my passion for cars was there.
早在我有钱之前，我对汽车的热情就在那里了。
Tonight I should like to thank all those who have shared my work and to acknowledge the debt that I owe to my wife whose encouragement to put research before all other things has been a great strength to me.
今晚，我要感谢所有与我分享工作的人，感谢我的妻子，她鼓励我把研究放在一切事情之前，这对我来说是巨大的力量。
I am what I am. Before I was not so proud to make fashion. My family thought fashion wasn't very interesting. So I hid that.
我就是我。以前我对时尚并不那么自豪。我的家人认为时尚不是很有趣。所以我把它藏起来了。