The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting of an old one.

  • -- George Gissing 乔治?吉辛

我第一次读到一本优秀的作品,对我来说就像交了一个新朋友;当我读一本我以前读过的书时,它就像一本旧书的相遇。

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You can see these boxes which are covered with metal foils for thermal reasons, and they are also, most of the time, thermally controlled inside to keep reasonable temperature inside each of these containers.

你可以看到这些盒子由于热的原因被金属箔覆盖,而且大多数时候,它们的内部都被热控制,以保持每个容器内部的合理温度。

At that time I was making the largest salary known on television and I didn't want to see it die because those were the years paying off when I wasn't making anything.

那时候,我的薪水是电视上最高的,我不想看着它死掉,因为那些年我什么都没赚到。

The work to me is everything, and I would throw every rule overboard and send them to the bottom of the sea tomorrow, if I felt there were a more excellent way.

对我来说,工作就是一切,如果我觉得有更好的办法,我明天就会把所有的规则都扔到海里,然后把它们扔到海底去。

O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.

耶和华阿,求你救我脱离那心怀美好,心里污秽的人。因为他的心比万物都诡诈,坏到极处。

Books they come home hot in your hands and then by increments they warm your life, like heated bricks in a New England bed.

书在你手里热乎乎地捧回家,然后一点一点地温暖你的生活,就像新英格兰床上的热砖。

All we have to say is thank you Lord! When you are grateful for what he's done for you, he lifts you to a higher altitudes.

我们所要说的就是感谢主!当你感激他为你所做的一切时,他会把你提升到更高的高度。

Books: a beautifully brow sable invention that needs no electricity and exists in a readable form no matter what happens.

书籍:一种漂亮的黑色眉毛的发明,不需要电力,无论发生什么,都以可读的形式存在。

I think the New Bohemians' inability to say no was a big part of our problem.

我认为新波西米亚人不能说“不”是我们的一大问题。

Reading makes me feel like I've lived a thousand lives in addition to my own.

阅读让我觉得除了自己的生活,我还经历了一千种生活。

I  find myself wearing gloves more often.

我发现自己戴手套的次数更多了。