I guess the two things I was most interested in were telescopes and steam engines. My father was an engineer on a threshing rig steam engine and I loved the machinery.

  • -- Clyde Tombaugh 克莱德·汤博

我想我最感兴趣的两件事是望远镜和蒸汽机。我父亲是一名打谷机蒸汽机的工程师,我喜欢这种机器。

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Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

勇敢地去做伟大的事情,去赢得光荣的胜利,即使会受到失败的挫折……而不是与那些既不享受也不太受苦的可怜的人为伍,因为他们生活在一个既不知道胜利也不知道失败的灰暗的黎明里。

I wasn't going to be a college kid. The only subject I was interested in was English. I think I had a subconscious interest in analyzing story.

我没想过要上大学。我唯一感兴趣的科目是英语。我想我潜意识里对分析故事很感兴趣。

And I like messing around in the engine room of music. Seeing what happens in the rhythm section area.

我喜欢在音乐的引擎室里闲荡。看看节奏部分发生了什么。

Once you become predictable, no one's interested anymore.

一旦你变得可预测,没人会再感兴趣了。

Gentlemen, I give you the Whittle engine.

先生们,我给你们惠特尔发动机。

I like to explore things.

我喜欢探索事物。