I just want to say that we should not cherish when something is gone.
我只是想说我们不应该等到失去了才知道珍惜。
We might say in the middle of a typhoon, "It's a bit windy today." or "There is a tiny problem," when something has gone totally wrong.
当台风来时,我们可能会说:“今天风有点大。”或者当事情完全出错时,我们会说:“出了点小问题。”
A blurred image appears; he adds a brushstroke and another, and it is gone; but something was there, and he will not rest till he has captured it.
一个朦胧的形象出现在作家的脑海里,他左添一笔,右添一笔,形象反而消逝了;可是,好像还有什么东西存在着,不把它捕捉到,作家是不会罢休的。
It is gone. No,it smells of something else, it smells of hope."
VOA: standard.2009.09.24
Past isn't something to be glamorized to be the nostalgic about, sentimental about, because the past is gone.
过去不是用来让我们美化的,也不是让我们怀旧感伤的,因为过去了的就成了历史,消失不在了。
There is something especially insulting about having gone from king to waiter.
从国王变成侍应生,是特别屈辱的事。
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