The tree was evidently aged, from the size of its stem. It was about six feet high, the branches came out from the stem in a regular and symmetrical manner, and it had all the appearance of a tree in miniature.

  • -- Robert Fortune 罗伯特·福琼

从树干的大小来看,这棵树显然是老了。它大约有六英尺高,树枝从树干上整齐对称地伸出来,看起来就像一棵微型树。

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Any middle-aged woman knows that our feet are not for the faint of heart, especially in midwinter. I wear clogs, so it's actually like my feet are wooden now.

任何中年妇女都知道,我们的脚不适合胆小的人,尤其是在隆冬时节。我穿木屐,所以我的脚现在是木制的。

When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art.

当我评判艺术时,我把我的画放在上帝创造的物体旁边,比如树或花。如果冲突,那就不是艺术。

I'm a musician first, a food-lover second, a dirty mouth with feet, and a girl last time I checked.

我首先是个音乐家,其次是个美食爱好者,嘴巴和脚都很脏,上次我去看的时候还是个女孩。

Natural selection is a mechanism for generating an exceedingly high degree of improbability.

自然选择是一种产生高度非概率的机制。

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.

高成就总是发生在高期望的框架下。

When the tree dies, the grass underneath withers.

树死了,底下的草也枯干了。