Our cautious ancestors, when yawning, blocked the way to the entrance of evil spirits by putting their hands before their mouths. We find a reason for the gesture in the delicacy of manner which forbids an indecent exposure.

  • -- George H. Mead 乔治·H·米德

我们谨慎的祖先,在打哈欠的时候,用手捂住嘴,挡住了恶灵的入口。我们找到了一个原因,以微妙的方式,禁止不雅的暴露姿态。

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My first name - I have no middle name - was chosen by my father, as he told me, on that solitary walk in the forested hills. He selected it from a verse of the seventh chapter of Isaiah; there was no Immanuel among our ancestors known to him.

我的名字——我没有中间的名字——是我的父亲,正如他告诉我的那样,在那片森林覆盖的山丘上独自行走时,选择了我的名字。他从以赛亚书第七章的一节中拣选了这句话;我们的祖宗中,没有以马内利所认识的。

What we know from World War I is that some of our troops had acute symptoms of exposure to chemicals, had bad health and died because of chemical exposure in World War I.

我们从第一次世界大战中了解到,我们的一些部队有接触化学物质的急性症状,身体不好,在第一次世界大战中因接触化学物质而死亡。

Of course, I also attribute some of my hearing loss to being in the infantry in World War II. It's probably a combination of heredity and noise exposure.

当然,我也把我的一些听力损失归因于第二次世界大战期间在步兵部队服役。这可能是遗传和噪音的组合。

I thought, I need to be more cautious about my choices - it reflects on who I am.

我想,我需要对我的选择更加谨慎——这反映了我是谁。

I think every band is a little cautious when the drummer starts to write tunes.

我想当鼓手开始写曲子的时候,每个乐队都有点谨慎。

To be an ancestral believer is to be a good ancestor.

做一个祖先的信徒就是做一个好祖先。