A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
知识
Knowledge
知识从好奇开始,在阅读、思考和实践中积累。这里的语句围绕求知与理解展开,适合结合英文关键词和中文译文一起阅读。
The pen is the tongue of the mind.
笔是心灵的语言。
I would always want printed books.
我总是想要印刷书籍。
Words are much stronger than I am.
语言比我强大得多。
Books are like bacon for the mind.
书籍是心灵的咸肉。
Language is the light of the mind.
语言是心灵之光。
Play is the beginning of knowledge.
玩耍是知识的开端。
I think you can learn from history.
我认为你可以从历史中学习。
Wonder is the desire for knowledge.
惊奇是对知识的渴望。
I am a part of all that I have met.
我是我所遇见的一切的一部分。
Our true mentor in life is science.
我们生命中真正的导师是科学。
A book that is shut is but a block.
有书闭卷不阅读,无异是一块木头。
In reading we must become creators.
在阅读中,我们必须成为创造者。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
To own a certain book - and to choose it without help - is to define yourself.
拥有一本书——并且在没有帮助的情况下选择它——就是定义你自己。
Science is a search for truth-it is not a game in which one tries to best his opponent, to do harm to others.
科学是对真理的探索——它不是一个试图打败对手,伤害他人的游戏。
The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness.
写作的需要来自于对生活的理解和发现自身价值的需要。
Language and knowledge are indissolubly connected; they are interdependent. Good work in language presupposes and depends on a real knowledge of things.
语言和知识是密不可分的;他们是相互依存的。好的语言学习是以对事物的真正了解为前提和基础的。
A book should be an axe to chop open the frozen sea inside us.
一本书应该是一把斧子,劈开我们内心冰冷的大海。
The ambiguities of language, both in terms of vocabulary and syntax, are fascinating: how important connotation is, what is lost and what is gained in the linguistic transition.
语言的模糊性,无论是在词汇上还是句法上,都是令人着迷的:内涵是多么重要,在语言转换中失去了什么,得到了什么。