Human beings do not live in the objective world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very much at the mercy of the particular language which has become the medium of expression for their society.

  • -- Edward Sapir 爱德华·萨皮尔

人类并不象通常所理解的那样独自生活在客观世界中,也不象通常所理解的那样独自生活在社会活动的世界中,而是在很大程度上受已成为其社会表达媒介的特定语言的支配。

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Better understanding of the natural world not only enhances all of us as human beings, but can also be harnessed for the better good, leading to improved health and quality of life.

更好地理解自然世界,不仅能增强我们所有人作为人类的能力,而且还能造福人类,改善健康和生活质量。

Once you touch the biographies of human beings, the notion that political beliefs are logically determined collapses like a pricked balloon.

一旦你接触到人类的传记,政治信仰是由逻辑决定的观念就会像被扎破的气球一样崩溃。

Music is the expression of the movement of the waters, the play of curves described by changing breezes.

音乐是水的运动的表现,是由变化的微风描绘的曲线的演奏。

I only give expression to the instincts from my soul.

我只表达我灵魂的本能。