There is a number among us, young and old, of all sorts almost among us, that swarm up and down towns, and woods, and fields, whose care and work hitherto hath been like bees, only to get honey to their own hive.

  • -- Thomas Shepard 薛伯特

在我们当中,有许多人,无论老少,几乎在我们之中,都成群结队地出没于城镇、树林和田野之间。他们迄今为止的操劳如同蜜蜂一样,只是为了把蜜拿到自己的蜂房中去。

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In the decline of the day, near Kentucky river, as we ascended the brow of a small hill, a number of Indians rushed out of a thick cane-brake upon us, and made us prisoners.

黄昏时分,在肯塔基河附近,当我们登上一座小山的山崖时,许多印第安人从一根茂密的树枝上冲了出来,把我们抓了起来。

When I was a young prosecutor, I got called to testify against my boss. I could have backed down, but I didn't. I stood up to him. And he fired me for it.

当我还是一名年轻的检察官时,我被叫去指证我的老板。我本可以让步的,但我没有。我向他站了起来。他因此炒了我鱿鱼

The film of tomorrow will resemble the person who made it, and the number of spectators will be proportional to the number of friends the director has.

明天的电影将会和制作它的人相似,观众的数量将会和导演的朋友的数量成比例。

My mother and I split ways when I was very young and have never really reconciled.

我和母亲在我很小的时候就分道扬镳了,从来没有真正和解过。