Nothing ever invented provides such sustenance, such infinite reward for time spent, as a good book.

  • -- David McCullough 戴维·麦卡洛

从来没有什么发明像一本好书那样给人以如此多的养料和如此无尽的时间回报。

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She was scrubbing furiously at a line of grease spots which led from the stove towards the door to the dining-room. That was where Henry had held the platter tilted as he carried the steak in yesterday. And yet if she had warned him once about that, she had a thousand times!

她正在拼命地擦一排从炉子通向餐厅门口的油渍。昨天亨利端着牛排进来时,把盘子斜放在那里。可是,即使她警告过他一次,她也警告过他一千次了!

Every time the guys were knocked out by my guitar playing and the girls were knocked out by the type of songs I did. That set us apart from the average blues band.

每次男孩们被我的吉他演奏击倒,女孩们被我的歌曲类型击倒。这使我们有别于一般的布鲁斯乐队。

I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us.

我认为我们应该只读那些伤害我们的书。

So, in effect, my first sale was actually two books.

实际上,我的第一次销售实际上是两本书。