A long time ago a bunch of people reached a general consensus as to what's real and what's not and most of us have been going along with it ever since.

  • -- Charles de Lint 查尔斯·德林

很久以前,一群人就什么是真实的什么不是达成了一个普遍的共识,从那以后,我们大多数人都同意了这个观点。

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What I've enjoyed most, though, is meeting people who have a real interest in food and sharing ideas with them. Good food is a global thing and I find that there is always something new and amazing to learn - I love it!

不过,我最喜欢的还是与那些对食物真正感兴趣的人见面,并与他们分享想法。美食是一个全球性的东西,我发现总有一些新的和惊人的学习-我爱它!

A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it.

一个达成共识的政治家会做一些他不相信是正确的事情,因为当他这么做的时候会让人们保持沉默。

Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're growing.

民意调查就像花园里的孩子,总是把东西挖出来看看它们是如何生长的。

A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.

共识意味着每个人都同意集体说出没有人单独相信的东西。

Again I entered my smithy to work and forge something from the noble material of time past.

我再次走进我的铁匠铺,从过去的高贵材料中锻造出一些东西。

We are the only real aristocracy in the world: the aristocracy of money.

我们是世界上唯一真正的贵族:金钱的贵族。