I apologize for being obvious, but every time I watch the curtain come down on even a halfway decent production of a Shakespeare play I feel a little sorrowful that I'll never know the man, or any man of such warm intelligence.

  • -- Ian McEwan 伊恩·麦克尤恩

我为自己的直率道歉,但每当我看到一部莎士比亚戏剧的半正式演出落幕时,我都感到有些悲伤,因为我永远不会认识这个人,或者任何一个如此热情睿智的人。

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I studied at a time when buildings were sterile things, and their creators were hands-off people - super-intelligent people, but you felt they didn't love the stuff buildings are made from.

我研究的那个时代,建筑是无菌的东西,它们的创造者是不干预的人——超级聪明的人,但你觉得他们不喜欢建筑的材料。

We know that our senses are subject to decay, that from our middle years they are decaying all the time; but happily it is as if we didn't know and didn't believe.

我们知道我们的感官会衰退,从中年开始,它们就一直在衰退;但令人高兴的是,我们似乎不知道,也不相信。

It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.

很明显,我们不能向一个从未经历过激情的人解释激情,就像我们不能向盲人解释光一样。

Sometimes, political campaigns make decent people act and talk like perfect buffoons.

有时候,政治活动让正派人的言行举止像完美的小丑。

Apologize at once, or feel the wrath of my toothpick!

马上道歉,否则我的牙签会生气的!

Never apologize, mister. It's a sign of weakness.

从不道歉,先生。这是软弱的表现。

I'm a decent tennis player. Good backhand.

我是个不错的网球运动员。反手好。