It is useful to the historian, among others, to be able to see the commonest forms of different phenomena, whether phonetic, morphological or other, and how language lives, carries on and changes over time.

  • -- Ferdinand de Saussure 索绪尔

对历史学家和其他人来说,能够看到不同现象的最常见的形式是很有用的,无论是语音的、形态的还是其他的,以及语言如何生存、继续和随着时间的推移而变化。

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I think it's going to deliver on the promises we've said it's going to and it is going to be the most successful product ever to come into the handheld environment, and it just happens to have a number of different functions.

我认为它将实现我们所说的承诺,它将是有史以来进入手持环境的最成功的产品,它恰好有许多不同的功能。

When you're a houseguest and you leave, it's nice to straighten something up or send your hosts a useful gift. And when you leave the planet, it's nice to have made a positive contribution.

当你作为客人离开时,整理一下东西或者送主人一份有用的礼物是很好的。当你离开这个星球时,能做出积极的贡献是件好事。

A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.

一个男孩可以从狗身上学到很多东西:服从、忠诚,以及在躺下之前转三圈的重要性。

We were using Brooke as an actress; she was playing different roles: a liberated woman, a teenager, a vamp.

我们用布鲁克当演员;她扮演着不同的角色:一个自由的女人,一个十几岁的少女,一个荡妇。

To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.

为了得到好的东西,误入歧途,从而获得经验是非常有用的。

If you think about it, the historian's task is like that of the detective.

仔细想想,历史学家的任务就像侦探的任务。

This is the key to time management - to see the value of every moment.

这是时间管理的关键——看到每一刻的价值。

I'm a historian in my own mind.

在我看来,我是个历史学家。