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感觉这个挺有意思的~还有萨根说的
引言名称 分类 英语原文 汉语译文
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Acoustics声学 科技 Their rising all at once was as the sound of thunder heard remote. - Milton “他们立刻一同起立,发出的声响犹如一阵远雷。”——弥尔顿
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Advanced Ballistics高级弹道学 科技 Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down? - Tom Lehrer “一旦火箭升空,谁会在乎它落到哪里?”——汤姆·莱瑞尔(美国数学教授兼音乐人)
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Agriculture农业 科技 Where tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers therefore are the founders of human civilization. - Daniel Webster “只要人们开始耕作,其他艺术将随之而生。因此农夫是人类文明的奠基者。”——丹尼尔·韦伯斯特(美国政治家)
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Animal Husbandry家畜驯养 科技 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. - The Bible, Deuteronomy, 25:4 “牛在踹谷的时候,不可笼住它的嘴。”——圣经·申命记 25:4
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Archaeology考古学 科技 Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. - George Santayana “不能铭记历史的人注定要重蹈覆辙。”——乔治·桑塔亚那(西班牙哲学家)
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Archery弓箭 科技 The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction. - Aesop “那老鹰所中箭矢的箭尾是由一根它自己的羽毛制成的。我们总是给敌人提供毁灭我们自己的工具。”——伊索
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Astronomy天文学 科技 Joyfully to the breeze royal Odysseus spread his sail, and with his rudder skillfully he steered. - Homer “愉快地乘着轻风,高贵的奥德修斯扬起他的船帆,熟练地掌控着他的舵柄。”——荷马
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Atomic Theory原子理论 科技 The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking, and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophes. - Albert Einsten “被释放的原子能已经改变了一切,除了我们的思维模式,因此我们正在滑向空前的灾难。”——阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦
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Banking银行业 科技 Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion. - Jean Jacques Rousseau “幸福:一个好的银行账户,一个好厨师和一个好胃口。”——让·雅克·卢梭
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Biology生物学 科技 If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. - Lyall Watson “如果大脑简单到能让我们理解,我们的思维就会简单到不能理解大脑。”——莱尔·沃森(南非生物学家)
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Bronze Working青铜器 科技 Here Hector entered, with a spear eleven cubits long in his hand; the bronze point gleamed in front of him, and was fastened to the shaft of the spear by a ring of gold. - Homer “赫克托耳手持十一肘的长矛走上战场;黄金圆环固定的青铜矛尖在他身前闪耀。”——荷马
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Calendar历法 科技 So teach us to number our days, so that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. - The Bible, Psalms, 90:12 “求你指教我们怎样数算自己的日子,好叫我们得着智慧的心。”——圣经·诗篇 90:12
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Chemistry化学 科技 Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation. - Calvin Coolidge “无论从哪方面看,化学家的工作都提高了我们文明的程度,增加了国家的生产力。”——卡尔文·柯立芝(美国第30任总统)
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Chivalry骑士制度 科技 Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil, is rightwise king born of all England. - Malory “谁能将这柄剑从石台中拔出,他就是全英格兰真正的国王。” ——托马斯·马洛里(中世纪英国诗人)
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Civil Service文官制度 科技 The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency. - Eugene McCarthy “唯一能从官僚主义里拯救我们的是它自己的低效。”——尤金·麦卡锡(美国政治家)
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Combustion内燃机 科技 Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves. - Albert Einstein “任何能够在安全行驶的同时亲吻一个年轻姑娘的男人一定没有给那个吻应有的注意力。”——阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦
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Compass罗盘 科技 I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. - Oliver Wendell Holmes “我认为现代世界里最重要的不是我们所处的位置,而是我们前进的方向。”——老奥利弗·温德尔·霍姆斯
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Computers电子计算机 科技 Computers are like Old Testament gods: lots of rules and no mercy." - Joseph Campbell “计算机就如同旧约中的上帝:诸多的守则且没有怜悯。”——约瑟夫·坎贝尔
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Construction建筑构造学 科技 Three things are to be looked to in a building: that it stand on the right spot; that it be securely founded; that it be successfully executed. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “在一幢建筑里要看三样东西:它是否在正确的地点;它是否被牢固地奠基;它是否被成功建造。”——约翰·沃尔夫冈·冯·歌德
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Currency货币 科技 Better is bread with a happy heart Than wealth with vexation. - Amenemope “快乐的温饱胜过烦恼的富裕。”——阿蒙尼莫普
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Dynamite炸药 科技 As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy. - Christopher Dawson “当人们决定他们可以用一切方式来和邪恶斗争,他们的善良将变得和他们前去消灭的邪恶无法区分。”——克里斯托弗·道森
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Ecology生态学 科技 Only within the moment of time represented by the present century as one species, man, acquired significant power to alter the nature of his world. - Rachel Carson “直到本世纪为代表的此时此刻,人类,作为一个物种,获得了足以改变他的世界的本质的强大能力。”——雷切尔·卡森
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Economics经济学 科技 Compound interest is the most powerful force in the universe. - Albert Einstein “复利是宇宙中最强大的力量。”——阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦
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Education教育学 科技 Education is the best provision for old age. - Aristotle “教育是老年生活最好的保障。”——亚里士多德
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Electricity电学 科技 Is it a fact - or have I dreamt it - that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve, vibrating thousands of miles in a breathless point of time? - Nathaniel Hawthorne “这是事实还是我的空想:电流能把物质世界变成一个巨大的神经网络,让震颤在瞬息之间传送数千英里?”——纳撒尼尔·霍桑(美国作家)
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Electronics电子学 科技 There's a basic principle about consumer electronics: it gets more powerful all the time and it gets cheaper all the time. - Trip Hawkins “消费类电子产品有一个基本法则:它的功能越来越强,价格越来越低。”——崔普·霍金斯
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Engineering工程学 科技 Instrumental or mechanical science is the noblest and, above all others, the most useful. - Leonardo da Vinci “仪器或机械科学是最崇高以及,首先,最有用的。”——莱昂纳多·达·芬奇
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Fertilizer化肥 科技 The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself. - Franklin Delano Roosevelt “一个毁掉自己所有土壤的国家将会毁灭自己。”——弗兰克林·德拉诺·罗斯福
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Flight航空 科技 Aeronautics was neither an industry nor a science. It was a miracle. - Igor Sikorsky “航空学既不是一种工业也不是一种科学。它是一个奇迹。”——伊戈尔·西科尔斯基
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Future Tech未来科技 科技 I think we agree, the past is over. - George W. Bush “我想我们同意,过去已经结束了。”——乔治·W·布什
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Globalization全球化 科技 The new electronic interdependence recreates the world in the image of a global village. - Marshall McLuhan “这个新的电子的互相依存正在把这个世界重塑为一个全球村的景象。”——马素·麦克鲁汉
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Gunpowder火药 科技 The day when two army corps can annihilate each other in one second, all civilized nations, it is to be hoped, will recoil from war and discharge their troops. - Alfred Nobel “当在战场上交锋的两支军队能够在一秒钟之内同时毁灭对方的那一天到来时,也许他们会选择放弃战争并解除武装。”——阿尔弗雷德·诺贝尔
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Horseback Riding骑术 科技 My kingdom for a horse! - Shakespeare (Richard III) “用我的王国换一匹马!”——莎士比亚(理查三世)
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Iron Working铁器 科技 Do not wait to strike 'til the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking. - William Butler Yeats “不要等到铁变热再去击打;而是通过打击来使其变热。”——威廉·巴特勒·叶芝
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Lasers激光 科技 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. - The Holy Bible: Romans, 13:12 “黑夜已深,白昼将近:我们当脱去暗昧的行为,带上光明的兵器。”——圣经·罗马书 13:12
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Machinery机械 科技 The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him as a rational, moral and social being. - Thomas Jefferson “印刷术是启蒙人心最好的工具,同时把他提升为一个理性而有道德的社会人。”——托马斯·杰斐逊
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Masonry石工术 科技 How happy are those whose walls already rise! - Virgil “你们是多么的幸运,因为你们的城墙已经筑起!”——维吉尔
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Mass Media大众传媒 科技 The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue. - Edward R. Murrow “通讯的速度看上去很完美。另一个事实是这个速度能加倍错误的信息的传播。”——爱德华·默罗
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Mathematics数学 科技 Mathematics is the gate and key to the sciences. - Roger Bacon “数学是通向科学世界的大门钥匙。”——罗杰·培根(中世纪英国科学家)
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Metal Casting金属铸造 科技 When pieces of bronze or gold or iron break, the metal-smith welds them together again in the fire, and the bond is established. - Sri Guru Granth Sahib “一块块青铜、黄金或黑铁被砸碎,工匠们用火将它们熔铸到一起,永远无法再分开。”——戈兰特·萨哈布
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Metallurgy冶金学 科技 There never was a good knife made of bad steel. - Benjamin Franklin “从没有一把由坏铁铸成的好刀。”——本杰明·富兰克林
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Military Science军事科学 科技 Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory. - George S. Patton “战争可能是用武器进行的,但是是由人来取胜的。是追随着的人们和引领着的人们的精神帮助他们取得了胜利。”——乔治·S·巴顿
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Mining采矿 科技 The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights. - J. Paul Getty “谦卑的人会继承地球,而不是它的采矿权。”——J·保罗·盖特
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Nanotechnology纳米技术 科技 The impact of nanotechnology is expected to exceed the impact that the electronics revolution has had on our lives. - Richard Schwartz “纳米科技对我们的生活带来的冲击预计将超过电子革命。”——理查德·舒瓦茨
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Navigation导航术 科技 The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. - Edward Gibbon “风和海浪永远在出色的领航员一边。”——爱德华·吉本
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Nuclear Fission核裂变 科技 I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds. - J. Robert Oppenheimer “我成了死神,世界的毁灭者。”——J·罗伯特·奥本海默
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Nuclear Fussion核聚变 科技 The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one. - Albert Einstein “原子能的释放并没有创造新的问题。它仅仅是把解决一个现有问题的工作变得更为急迫。”——阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦
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Optics光学 科技 He made an instrument to know If the moon shine at full or no. - Samuel Butler “他制造了一种仪器,可以用来研究月亮是否处于满月。”——山姆·布特勒
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Particle Physics粒子物理学 科技 Every particle of matter is attracted by or gravitates to every other particle of matter with a force inversely proportional to the squares of their distances. - Isaac Newton “任何物质粒子被其他任何物质粒子吸引,产生的引力和距离的平方成反比。”——伊萨克·牛顿
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Penicilin青霉素 科技 In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men. - Cicero “没有什么比给人健康更使人接近诸神。”——西塞罗
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Philosophy哲学 科技 There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance. - Socrates “只有一种善良:知识,和一种邪恶:无知。”——苏格拉底
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Physics物理学 科技 Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so. - Galileo “测量一切可测之物,并把不可测的变为可测。”——伽利略
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Plastics塑料 科技 Ben, I want to say one word to you, just one word: plastics. - Buck Henry and Calder Willingham, The Graduate “本,我只想对你说一个词,就一个词:塑料。”——布克·亨利/卡尔德·威灵汉姆,电影《毕业生》
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Pottery制陶 科技 Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? - The Bible, Isaiah, 45:9 “泥土岂可对抟弄他的说,你作什么呢?”——圣经·以赛亚书 45:9
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Printing Press印刷机 科技 It is a newspaper's duty to print the news and raise hell. - The Chicago Times “印出新闻和把事实的真相带给人们是报纸的义务。”——芝加哥时报
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Radar雷达 科技 Vision is the art of seeing things invisible. - Jonathan Swift “洞察力是观测不可见事物的艺术。”——乔纳森·斯威夫特
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Radio无线电 科技 The whole country was tied together by radio. We all experienced the same heroes and comedians and singers. They were giants. - Woody Allen “整个国家都被广播团结在一起, 我们分享着同样的英雄,同样的喜剧演员,同样的歌手。他们都是时代的巨人。”——伍德·海伦
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Railroad铁路 科技 The introduction of so powerful an agent as steam to a carriage on wheels will make a great change in the situation of man. - Thomas Jefferson “引入蒸汽这般强大的媒介来驱动车轮运送货物,将极大地改变人类的境地。”——托马斯·杰斐逊
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Refrigeration致冷 科技 And homeless near a thousand homes I stood, and near a thousand tables pined and wanted food. - William Wordsworth “我站在无数无家可归人面前,无数空空如也的桌子面前,他们渴求食物。”——威廉·华兹华斯
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Replaceable Parts可更换部件 科技 Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. - Henry Ford “如果你把工作分解成小工作就没有什么特别难的事了。” ——亨利·福特
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Rifling膛线 科技 It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it. - Robert E. Lee “幸好战争是如此恐怖,否则我们会打到乐此不疲。”——罗伯特·李
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Robotics机器人 科技 1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.2. A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except when such orders would conflict with the First Law.3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. - Isaac Asimov “1、机器人不得伤害人,也不得见人受到伤害而袖手旁观。2、机器人应服从人的一切命令,但不得违反第一定律。3、机器人应保护自身的安全,但不得违反第一、第二定律。”——艾萨克·阿西莫夫
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Rocketry火箭 科技 A good rule for rocket experimenters to follow is this: always assume that it will explode. - Astronautics Magazine, 1937 “火箭研究人员最好要懂得的规矩就是:永远要认为它会爆炸。”——航天学杂志,1937
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Sailing帆船 科技 He who commands the sea has command of everything. - Themistocles “谁是大海的主人,谁就是帝国的主宰。”——提米斯托克利
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Satellites人造卫星 科技 Now, somehow, in some new way, the sky seemed almost alien. - Lyndon B. Johnson “现在,不知怎的,从某种新层次上来说,天空都好像被别国所占据了。”——林登·约翰逊
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Scientific Theory科学理论 科技 Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination. - John Dewey “科学的每一个重大进展都得力于大胆的想象力。”——约翰·杜威
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Stealth隐形 科技 Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate. - Sun Tzu “微乎微乎,至于无形。神乎神乎,至于无声,故能为敌之司命。”——孙子
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Steam Power蒸汽机 科技 The nations of the West hope that by means of steam communication all the world will become as one family. - Townsend Harris “西方国家希望通过蒸汽机产生的交流能让全世界亲如一家。”——唐森·哈利斯
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Steel炼钢 科技 John Henry said to his Captain,"'A man ain't nothin' but a man, And before I'll let your steam drill beat me down, I'll die with the hammer in my hand.'" - Anonymous: The Ballad of John Henry, the Steel-Drivin' Man 他向队长立誓言:“硬汉虽说只是人,若要气钻胜过我,除非我死把锤扔。”——佚名:钢铁汉子约翰·亨利之歌(美国民谣)
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Telegraph电报 科技 I once sent a dozen of my friends a telegram saying 'flee at once - all is discovered.' They all left town immediately. - Mark Twain “我曾有一次发给我的许多朋友一条电报,写着“赶快逃跑——全都被发现了。”他们马上全都逃出城了。”——马克·吐温
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The Wheel轮子 科技 Wisdom and virtue are like the two wheels of a cart. - Japanese Proverb “智慧和美德就像是一辆马车的两个轮子。”——日本俗语
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Theology神学 科技 Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do. - St. Thomas Aquinas “有三点是自我救赎所必需的:知道自己应该相信什么;知道自己应该需要什么;知道自己应该做什么。” ——圣托马斯·阿奎那
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Trapping捕猎 科技 Even brute beasts and wandering birds do not fall into the same traps or nets twice. - Saint Jerome “即使是残暴的野兽和恍惚的小鸟也不会落入相同的陷阱或罗网两次。”——圣哲罗姆
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Writing文字 科技 He who destroys a good book kills reason itself. - John Milton “毁禁一本好书就是杀死理性本身。”——弥尔顿
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Angkor Wat吴哥窟 奇观 The temple is like no other building in the world. It has towers and decoration and all the refinements which the human genius can conceive of. - Antonio da Magdalena “这个庙宇和世界上任何其他建筑都不同。它拥有人类可以想象出的任何高塔,装饰和高贵。”——安东尼奥·达·马格达连那
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Big Ben大本钟 奇观 To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time. - Leonard Bernstein “为了完成伟大的工作,有两件事是必须的:一个计划,以及不充分的时间。”——伦纳德·伯恩斯坦
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Brandenburg Gate勃兰登堡门 奇观 Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings. - Horace “苍白的死神平等地叩响穷人的大门和国王的宫殿。”——贺拉斯
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Chichen Itza奇琴伊察 奇观 The katun is established at Chichen Itza. The settlement of the Itza shall take place there. The quetzal shall come, the green bird shall come. Ah Kantenal shall come. It is the word of God. The Itza shall come. - The Books of Chilam Balam “这个卡吞在奇琴·伊察建立。伊察将在那里定居。格查尔鸟将会到来,绿色的鸟将会到来。阿·坎特纳尔将会到来。这是上帝说的。伊察将会到来。”——奇兰巴兰之书
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The Colossus青铜巨像 奇观 Why man, he doth bestride the narrow world like a colossus; and we petty men walk under his huge legs, and peep about to find ourselves dishonorable graves. - William Shakespeare: Julius Caesar “为什么这样,兄弟,他像一个巨人似的跨越这狭隘的世界;我们这些渺小的凡人一个个在他粗大的两腿下行走,四处张望着,替自己寻找不光荣的坟墓。”——威廉·莎士比亚:《尤利乌斯·凯撒》
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Cristo Redentor耶稣巨像 奇观 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy burdened, and I will give you rest. - The Bible, Matthew 25:28 “凡劳苦担重担的人,可以到我这里来,我就使你们得安息。”——圣经·马太福音 11:28
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Eiffel Tower埃菲尔铁塔 奇观 We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting. - Kahlil Gibran “我们的生命只是为了发现美丽,其他都是某种形式的等待。”——哈里利·纪伯伦
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The Forbidden Palace紫禁城 奇观 Most of us can, as we choose, make of this world either a palace or a prison. - John Lubbock “我们中的大多数能够,根据我们的选择,把这个世界变成一座宫殿或者一座监狱。”——约翰·鲁伯克
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The Great Library大图书馆 奇观 Libraries are as the shrine where all the relics of the ancient saints, full of true virtue, and all that without delusion or imposture are preserved and reposed. - Sir Francis Bacon “图书馆就象是供奉古代圣哲全部遗物的圣坛,充满了真正的美德,保护着一切非谬误无伪装的事物在其中安眠。”——弗朗西斯·培根爵士
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The Great Lighthouse大灯塔 奇观 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; these see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. - The Bible, Psalms 107:23-24 “在大海上坐船,在大水里经理事务的,他们看到耶和华的作为,并他在深水中的奇事。”——圣经·诗篇 107:23-24
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The Great Wall长城 奇观 The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's... not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable. - Sun Tzu “故用兵之法:无恃其不来,恃吾有以待也。无恃其不攻,恃吾有所不可攻也。”——孙子
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The Hagia Sophia圣索菲亚 奇观 For it soars to a height to match the sky, and as if surging up from amongst the other buildings it stands on high and looks down upon the remainder of the city, adorning it, because it is a part of it, but glorying in its own beauty. - Procopius, De Aedificis “它高耸如云。从城市中矗立而起,俯视周遭;它是城中之物,但有超俗之美。”——普罗科匹厄斯,《论教堂》
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The Hanging Gardens空中花园 奇观 I think that if ever a mortal heard the word of God it would be in a garden at the cool of the day. - F. Frankfort Moore “我相信即使有凡人能听到神谕,也一定是在天气凉爽时的花园之中。”——弗兰克·法兰克福·摩尔
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Himeji Castle姬路城 奇观 Bushido is realized in the presence of death. This means choosing death whenever there is a choice between life and death. There is no other reasoning. - Yamamoto Tsunetomo “所谓武士道,就是看透死亡。于生死两难之际,应果断择死,而不需要任何原因。”——山本常朝
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The Kremlin克里姆林宫 奇观 The Law is a fortress on a hill that armies cannot take or floods wash away. - The Prophet Muhammed “律法当如山巅之城:无论是敌人还是洪水都无法征服。”——先知穆罕默德
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The Louvre卢浮宫 奇观 Every genuine work of art has as much reason for being as the earth and the sun. - Ralph Waldo Emerson “每一件伟大的艺术品都应如日月般长存。”——拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生
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Machu Picchu马丘比丘 奇观 Few romances can ever surpass that of the granite citadel on top of the beetling precipices of Machu Picchu, the crown of Inca Land. - Hiram Bingham “很少有能超越这座建立在马丘比丘顶峰峭壁上的石头城塞的浪漫,这里是印加的皇冠。”——海勒姆·宾厄姆
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Notre Dame圣母院 奇观 Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol, but every human thought has its page in that vast book. - Victor Hugo “建筑记录了人类最伟大的思想:不仅仅包括全部宗教符号,还包括了人类思想在历史上的每一页。”——维克多·雨果
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The Oracle神谕所 奇观 The ancient Oracle said that I was the wisest of all the Greeks. It is because I alone, of all the Greeks, know that I know nothing. - Socrates “先知的神谕曾说过我是希腊最聪明的人,因为我是希腊人中唯一知道自己无知的人。”——苏格拉底
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Pentagon五角大楼 奇观 In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensible. - Dwight D. Eisenhower “在准备作战时,我总是发现定好的计划没有价值,但计划的过程必不可少。”——德怀特·艾森豪威尔
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The Porcelain Tower大报恩寺塔 奇观 Things always seem fairer when we look back at them, and it is out of that inaccessible tower of the past that Longing leans and beckons. - James Russell Lowell “回望那失去的,才能更知道它的好,而那曾经不可一世的高塔如今是多么的渴望能够‘老有所依’。”——詹姆斯·罗素·洛威尔
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The Pyramids大金字塔 奇观 O, let not the pains of death which come upon thee enter into my body. I am the god Tem, and I am in the foremost part of the sky, and the power which protecteth me is that which is with all the gods forever. - The Book of the Dead, translated by Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge “哦,别让你所受的死亡痛苦进入我的身体。我是创世神泰姆,我处在天界的最高层,神力护佑着我和所有其他神灵直到永远。”——“死者之书”译文,欧内斯特·阿尔弗雷德·沃利斯·巴吉爵士(英国考古学家)
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Sistine Chapel西斯廷教堂 奇观 I live and love in God's peculiar light. - Michelangelo Buonarroti “我在上帝的光辉下生活与去爱。”——米开朗基罗·博纳洛第
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Statue of Liberty自由女神像 奇观 Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden door! - Emma Lazarus “给我你们的困倦,你们的贫困,你们这些挤作一团渴望自由呼吸的人们,你那暴雨倾盆的海岸拒绝的不幸的人们。把那些,无家可归,遭受重创的人给我,我在金色的大门边举起灯火!”——艾玛·拉扎洛斯
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Stonehenge巨石阵 奇观 Time crumbles things; everything grows old and is forgotten under the power of time. - Aristotle “时间能粉碎一切;所有的事物终将衰老,然后被遗忘。”——亚里士多德
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Sydney Opera House悉尼歌剧院 奇观 Those who lose dreaming are lost. - Australian Aboriginal saying “没有梦想的人,人生也是迷茫的。”——澳大利亚土著谚语
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Taj Mahal泰姬陵 奇观 The Taj Mahal rises above the banks of the river like a solitary tear suspended on the cheek of time. - Rabindranath Tagore “泰姬陵伫立在河岸,如同时间的脸颊上一滴孤单的泪水。”——罗宾德拉纳特·泰戈尔
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United Nations联合国 奇观 More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it together. And that is why we have the United Nations. - Kofi Annan “在人类历史上,我们从未像现在这样休戚与共。只有共同面对,我们才能把握自己的命运。这就是为什么我们要建立联合国。”——科菲·安南
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United Nations联合国 奇观 "More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it together. And that is why we have the United Nations." - Kofi Annan “在人类历史上,我们从未像现在这样休戚与共。只有共同面对,我们才能把握自己的命运。这就是为什么我们要建立联合国。”——科菲·安南
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Home Page主页 百科 "Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country ever is, at home." - Oliver Goldsmith “这就是爱国者们所要宣扬的:无论我们走到哪里,在我们心目中最好的地方永远是我们的祖国。”——奥利弗·哥德史密斯
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Concepts概念 百科 "The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth." - Albert Camus “荒谬是基本概念同时也是第一真理。”——阿尔贝·加缪
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Techs科技 百科 "The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous." - Carl Sagan “大脑就像肌肉一样,当我们使用时会感到愉悦。理解是充满欢乐的。”——卡尔· 萨根
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Units单位 百科 "The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army... We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die." - George Washington “苍天之下,我们这支军队的勇气和斗志将决定千百万我们后代的命运……我们自己决定着征服还是灭亡。”——乔治·华盛顿
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Promotions晋升 百科 "Every French soldier carries a marshal's baton in his knapsack." - Napoleon Bonaparte “每位法国士兵的背包里都藏着一柄元帅杖。”——拿破仑·波拿巴
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Buildings建筑 百科 "The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines." - Frank Lloyd Wright “医生能埋葬掉他所犯的错误,但建筑师只能建议他的顾客种葡萄藤。”——弗兰克·劳埃德·赖特
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Wonders奇观 百科 "Numberless are the world's wonders, but none more wonderful than man." - Sophocles “世界上的奇观不可胜数,但最美的那个奇观就是人本身。”——索福克勒斯
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Policies政策 百科 "Honesty is the best policy." - Miguel de Cervantes “诚实是最好的政策。”——米格尔·德·塞万提斯
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Great People伟人 百科 "Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." - William Shakespeare “不要惧怕伟大:有些人生来伟大,有些人赢得伟大,而有些人则被赠予伟大。”——威廉·莎士比亚
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Civilizations文明 百科 "The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops - no, but the kind of man the country turns out." - Ralph Waldo Emerson “对文明的真正检验,不在于人口多寡,不在于城市规模,不在于庄稼产量,而在于看这个国家造就出了什么样的人。”——拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生
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City-States城邦 百科 "The city is the teacher of the man." - Simonides “城市就是人类的老师。”——西蒙尼底斯
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Terrain地形 百科 "Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war let it begin here!" - John Parker “坚守阵地。除非受到攻击,否则不要开火;但如果他们想要一场战争,那就让它从这里开始吧! ”——约翰·帕克
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Resources资源 百科 "Seek not the life of the immortals, but enjoy to the full the resources that are within reach." - Pindar “请不要追求虚幻的不朽生命,而应当享受现实的所有资源。”——品达(古希腊诗人)
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Improvemetns设施 百科 "If I can in any way contribute to the diversion or improvement of the country in which I live, I shall leave it … with the secret satisfaction of thinking that I have not lived in vain." - Joseph Addison “如果我能以任何一种方式转变或改造我的所生活的国度,我都会去尝试……带着藏在心底的满足,感觉自己并没有白活一次。”——约瑟夫·艾迪生 |
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