A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
美国
America
When that book came out, it was like Columbus telling about America at the court of Ferdinand and Isabella.
当这本书出版时，就像哥伦布在费迪南德和伊莎贝拉的宫廷里讲述美洲一样。
There are going to be lots of hard times in your life, but those hard times only make you stronger in the end.
生活中会有很多艰难的时刻，但这些艰难的时刻只会让你最终变得更坚强。
We settled this continent without art. So it was easy for us to treat it as an imported luxury, not a necessity.
我们在没有艺术的情况下定居在这片大陆上。所以我们很容易把它当作进口奢侈品，而不是必需品。
If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America.
如果有一个国家在世界上犯下了无法形容的暴行，那就是美利坚合众国。
I never thought of London in terms of possible heroes - of course, there are thousands. It's a very talented city.
我从来没有想到过伦敦会有可能成为英雄——当然，伦敦有成千上万的英雄。这是一个非常有才华的城市。
I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachussets; she needs none. There she is. Behold her, and judge for yourselves.
我将不赞美马萨诸塞集;她需要一个也没有。她就在那儿。看哪，你们自己审察吧。
For a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times.
一个半世纪以来，美日两国一直是现代最伟大、最持久的联盟之一。
Everything that I will ever accomplish, I owe to God, to my parent's sacrifices, and to the United States of America.
我将永远完成的一切，都归功于上帝，归功于我父母的牺牲，以及美利坚合众国。
In Latin America, women are supposed to be voluptuous. They don't believe that you have to be skinny to be attractive.
在拉丁美洲，女人被认为是性感的。他们不相信只有瘦的人才有吸引力。
Where we come from in America no longer signifies. It's where we go, and what we do when we get there, that tells us who we are.
我们来自哪里不再意味着什么。我们要去哪里，我们要做什么，这些都告诉我们，我们是谁。
Our daughter was born in Chicago, and she's already showing it. The temperature has to be approaching zero for her to wear a hat.
我们的女儿出生在芝加哥，她已经证明了这一点。她要戴帽子，温度必须接近零度。
The reality, sitting ten thousand miles away, is that we remain the country that inspires. We remain that shining city on a hill.
现实是，在一万英里之外，我们仍然是那个鼓舞人心的国家。我们仍然是山上那座光芒四射的城市。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
London is enchanting. I step out upon a tawny coloured magic carpet, it seems, and get carried into beauty without raising a finger.
伦敦是迷人的。我踏在一张黄褐色的魔毯上，似乎不需要动一根手指就能进入美丽的世界。
In Latin America, you don't do things for the money because there is no money.
在拉丁美洲，你做事不是为了钱，因为那里没有钱。
There is no place, no country, more compassionate more generous more accepting and more welcoming than the United States of America.
没有任何地方、任何国家比美利坚合众国更富有同情心、更慷慨大方、更能接受和更受欢迎。
Every day, the people I meet inspire me... every day, they make me proud... every day they remind me how blessed we are to live in the greatest nation on earth.
每一天，我遇到的人都激励着我……每一天，他们都让我感到骄傲……每一天，他们都在提醒我，生活在地球上最伟大的国家是多么幸运。
I used to travel in tennis shoes; I am just not allowed to anymore. I'm an old hippie from San Francisco.
我过去常穿网球鞋旅行;我不能再这样了。我是一个来自旧金山的老嬉皮士。