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For the sake of argument and illustration I will presume that certain articles of ordinary diet, however beneficial in youth, are prejudicial in advanced life, like beans to a horse, whose common ordinary food is hay and corn.

  • -- William Banting 威廉·班廷

为了论证和说明，我假定某些日常饮食习惯，无论在青年时期多么有益，在老年时期却有害无益，就像豆子对马一样，马的日常饮食就是干草和玉米。

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First and foremost, you have to remember that restaurants are businesses and they have to stay in business. And though everyone thinks they want grass fed beef, most people actually prefer the taste of corn fed - it is less dry, more marbled, and less gamey, not to mention much less expensive than grass fed.

首先，也最重要的是，你必须记住，餐馆是企业，它们必须继续经营下去。虽然每个人都认为他们想要草饲牛肉，但大多数人实际上更喜欢玉米饲牛肉的味道——它没有草饲牛肉那么干，大理石更多，也没有那么甘美，更不用说比草饲牛肉便宜得多。

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One argument goes that recessions are good for female artists because when money flies out the window, women are allowed in the house. The other claims that when money ebbs, so do prospects for women.

有一种观点认为，经济衰退对女性艺术家来说是好事，因为当钱从窗户飞出去时，女性就被允许呆在家里。另一种观点认为，当金钱减少时，女性的前景也会随之下降。

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Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it.

电有两种，正电和负电。我想，不同之处在于，一辆车会贵一点，但更耐用;另一种是更便宜的东西，但是飞蛾会进去。

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In the past, it was only in science fiction novels that you could read about ordinary people being able to go to space... But you laid the foundation for space tourism.

在过去，只有在科幻小说中，你才能读到普通人能够进入太空的故事……但你为太空旅游打下了基础。

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It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.

与其用争论去克服伤害，不如用沉默去避免伤害更高尚。

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It's an ordinary day for Brian. Like, he died every day, you know.

对布莱恩来说，这是平凡的一天。他每天都死。

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I don't presume to think I'm great at anything.

我并不认为自己擅长任何事情。

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Every bean hath its black.

人皆有缺点。

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