Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.

  • -- Avram Noam Chomsky 乔姆斯基

人类语言似乎是一种独特的现象,在动物界没有明显的相似之处。

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Part of what we love about poetry is the fact that it seems ancient, that it has an authority of ancient language and ancient form, and that it's timeless, that it reaches back.

我们喜欢诗歌的部分原因是它看起来很古老,它有古语言和古形式的权威,它是永恒的,它可以追溯到古代。

In short, the animal and vegetable lines, diverging widely above, join below in a loop.

简而言之,动物和植物的线,在上面发散得很广,在下面连接成一个圈。

Speak when you are angry -- and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

当你生气的时候说出来——你会做出你会后悔的最好的演讲。

What would you expect from an ass but a kick?

除了一脚,你还能指望从驴身上得到什么?