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We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.

  • -- Booker T. Washington 布克·华盛顿

我们不只是借用词语;有时，英语在小巷里追逐其他语言，把它们打得不省力气，搜刮口袋里的新词汇。

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Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud out, spread into leaves, and become big branches, proliferating.

语言是有生命的东西。我们能感觉到它的变化。它的一部分会变老:它们会脱落并被遗忘。新碎片发芽，蔓延到叶子，成为大树枝，增殖。

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The un-conscious distortion of the facts is almost harmless compared to the unconscious neglect of an animal's mental life until it verges on the unusual and marvelous.

与无意识地忽视动物的精神生活相比，无意识地歪曲事实几乎是无害的，直到它接近不寻常和不可思议的地步。

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In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English. But after four pots, your kettle's broken.

在墨西哥，我们有一个小窍门——在壶里放一颗盐晶体，茶的味道就会更好，几乎是英式的。但是四个壶之后，你的水壶坏了。

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English should be our official language. Reading and speaking English are requirements to become a citizen.

英语应该是我们的官方语言。阅读和说英语是成为公民的必要条件。

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This country has been unconscious, and it's got to awake. That's my belief.

这个国家一直处于无意识状态，必须清醒过来。这是我的信念。

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Faith is more basic than language or theology.

信仰比语言或神学更基本。

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