In a recent New Yorker cartoon, the host of a book-chat show is saying to an author, "I found your book 'Canoeing the Small Puddles of Maine' really stupid."
在最近一期《纽约客》上有幅漫画:一个聊读书的脱口秀节目主持,对一个作者说,“你那本书,《在缅因的小池塘里划独木舟》,写得真是太傻了”。
That means saying to yourself, "I feel angry [or sad, or frustrated]" instead of, "It's stupid to get so mad about something this small."
也就说,你应该试着对自己说:“我感到愤怒(或悲伤,或失落)”而不是“因为这点小事我就生气,真蠢!”
Now, again stupid persons all seem ambiguously comprehend casualty what affair, small son of a feudal Lord why so frightened Li Yuan Qi?
现在,再傻的人都似乎隐约明白发生什么事情了,小世子为什么这么害怕李元奇?
The first time, and many others, I see the contradiction between human and nature, environmental pollution, energy deficiency. How stupid human are, and human is so small in the disaster.
第一次,和很多人一样,我看到的是人类和自然的矛盾,环境问题,资源问题,觉得人类是多么的愚蠢,在灾难面前是多么的渺小。
"Hey! Stupid legs reptiles, I can't wait anymore! Making me goes back to the pool!" bouncing on the floor, the small binary was complaining.
“嘿!愚蠢的四脚爬虫,还不快把我送回水池里去”,蹦跳在地板上的小双星抱怨着。
Small chickens, just setting out on the journey of life, look so bright and alert and they are in fact so dreadfully stupid.
小鸡,刚刚下山,对生活旅程,看起来很明亮,警觉性,其实是愚蠢得如此厉害。
This is just another stupid decision by several foolish officials taken in a small room, totally unreflective of the people's will, "said a comment on Mop, a current affairs forum."
“这样的决定是那些愚蠢的官员在一个小屋子里做出的愚蠢决定,完全地不遵循人的意志去决定”,在一个论坛里一个人这样说。
At Santorini beach, one small thing like a bottle of sun block will stop people calling you stupid.
在圣托里尼的海滩上,哪怕你只是记住了带上防晒油这一件小事,你就不会被人骂作傻瓜。
Then three months into the pregnancy their doctor found a small black dot on the latest 4D scan and turned to them, fighting with broken English, to say, "your baby … really … stupid."
又过了三个月,医生帮柯瑞做4维彩超的时候发现胎内有一个小黑点,医生转过身,念着蹩脚的英语:“你的宝宝…有…严重…畸形”。
That said, I can (just about) imagine that being extraordinarily beautiful is difficult in corporate life – just as being extraordinarily anything can be – tall, small, clever stupid etc.
话虽如此,我大概也想象得到,长得太漂亮在职场中会造成一些困扰。任何东西过了头都不是好事——不管是太高、太矮、太聪明还是太愚蠢。
Not one to be shy myself, I walked over, handed him a Bud Light, introduced myself, and engaged in some stupid football small talk.
但是 不是个很害羞 的人,我走过去,给他一杯百威,自我介绍了一下,找了些愚蠢 的足球话题搭讪。
Not one to be shy myself, I walked over, handed him a Bud Light, introduced myself, and engaged in some stupid football small talk.
但是 不是个很害羞 的人,我走过去,给他一杯百威,自我介绍了一下,找了些愚蠢 的足球话题搭讪。
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