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.

  • -- Alexander Payne 亚历山大·佩恩

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。

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I don't know what to do or where to turn in this taxation matter. Somewhere there must be a book that tells all about it, where I could go to straighten it out in my mind. But I don't know where the book is, and maybe I couldn't read it if I found it.

我不知道该怎么办,也不知道该把这件税收的事交给谁。一定有一本书能告诉我所有的事情,我可以在那里理清我的思绪。但是我不知道书在哪里,如果我找到了,也许我不能读它。

She straightens her hair, puts on her eyeliner, glosses her lips & takes one last look in the mirror, all for the boy who will never care.

她拉直头发,画上眼线,涂上口红,最后看了一眼镜子,所有的一切都是为了那个永远不会在乎的男孩。

Absence is one of the most useful ingredients of family life, and to dose it rightly is an art like any other.

离别是家庭生活中最有用的元素之一,正确地对待它是一门艺术,就像其他艺术一样。

I don't think it's useful for somebody to argue with reviews.

我不认为有人对评论提出异议是有用的。