Anthropologists are a connecting link between poets and scientists; though their field-work among primitive peoples has often made them forget the language of science.

  • -- Robert Graves 罗伯特·格雷夫斯

人类学家是连接诗人和科学家的纽带;尽管他们在原始民族中的野外工作常常使他们忘记了科学的语言。

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A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket. Let him borrow, and so borrow as to repay by the very act of borrowing. Examine nature accurately, but write from recollection, and trust more to the imagination than the memory.

诗人不应该扒窃自然的衣袋。让他借钱吧,借了就借,借了就借,借了就借,借了就还。准确地审视自然,但要从回忆中写作,更要相信想象力,而不是记忆。

The poet's other readers are the ancient poets, who look upon the freshly written pages from an incorruptible distance. Their poetic forms are permanent, and it is difficult to create new forms which can approach them.

诗人的其他读者是古代诗人,他们从不朽的距离看新写的书页。他们的诗歌形式是永恒的,很难创造出新的形式来接近他们。

I played a heap of snow in a school play. I was under a sheet, and crawled out when spring came. I often say I'll never reach the same artistic level again.

我在学校的话剧里演了一堆雪。我盖着被单,春天来了,我爬了出来。我常说我再也不能达到同样的艺术水平了。

Sometimes you have to forget what's gone, appreciate what still remains, and look forward to what's coming next.

有时候,你不得不忘记过去,珍惜现在,期待未来。

When a child shows up for school, and is not physically and mentally ready to learn, he or she never catches up.

当一个孩子出现在学校,身体和精神上都没有准备好学习,他或她永远不会赶上。

To speak only one language is to do yourself a great injustice.

只说一种语言对你自己是极大的不公平。

The English language is a work in progress. Have fun with it.

英语是一项正在进行的工作。玩得开心。

Can't forget the things you never said.

我永远也忘不了你说过的那些话。