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 1、“I didn't even know it was art．To me,it's j ust a naked man standin g on the side of the road．”
“我根本不晓得那是艺术。对我来说，那只是站在路边的裸男。”美国佛罗里达州艾尔弗雷德湖镇一家理发店主约翰逊说。她向当局投诉相邻的园艺店在门口陈列的大卫像复制品不雅，园艺店主不得不用布遮掩该人像的下体。
 2、“Last ni g ht I had the best slee p of m y life．I broke m y Ol y m p ic record and sle p t for six hours．”
“昨夜我睡了有生以来最香的一觉。我破了我的奥运纪录，睡了6 小时。”古巴主席卡斯特罗首次抵达伊朗访问，翌晨他向记者说。古巴和伊朗现政府的历史颇相似，两者都在革命后掌权、同遭美国制裁而不屈服。
 3、“I'm like an ex－p ensive menu．You can look at it,but y ou can't afford it．”
“我像高价菜单。你可以看，但吃不起。”
俄罗斯网球明星库尔妮科娃谈她的择偶条件时说。
 4、“I'm wonderin g if there's a famil y of four livin g in m y nose．It some—
 times seems so bi g！”
“我怀疑我的鼻子里住了一家四口。有时它看来那么大！”
演员史泰龙说。
 5、“I think that his hot curr y has whet the p eo p le's a pp etites．”
“我认为他的辣咖喱刺激了人们的胃口。”
日本国会议员渡边良相评论新首相小泉纯一郎（见图）时说。他把小泉比喻为专门烧辛辣咖喱的厨师，同时摆出“吃不吃由你”的姿态。
 6、“Probabl y wearin g a red tie too man y times．”
“大概是红色领带打得太多吧。”
记者请美国总统布什试论自己上任一百天来犯的最严重错误，他回答说。
（香港《明报》）
“我根本不晓得那是艺术。对我来说，那只是站在路边的裸男。”美国佛罗里达州艾尔弗雷德湖镇一家理发店主约翰逊说。她向当局投诉相邻的园艺店在门口陈列的大卫像复制品不雅，园艺店主不得不用布遮掩该人像的下体。
 2、“Last ni g ht I had the best slee p of m y life．I broke m y Ol y m p ic record and sle p t for six hours．”
“昨夜我睡了有生以来最香的一觉。我破了我的奥运纪录，睡了6 小时。”古巴主席卡斯特罗首次抵达伊朗访问，翌晨他向记者说。古巴和伊朗现政府的历史颇相似，两者都在革命后掌权、同遭美国制裁而不屈服。
 3、“I'm like an ex－p ensive menu．You can look at it,but y ou can't afford it．”
“我像高价菜单。你可以看，但吃不起。”
俄罗斯网球明星库尔妮科娃谈她的择偶条件时说。
 4、“I'm wonderin g if there's a famil y of four livin g in m y nose．It some—
 times seems so bi g！”
“我怀疑我的鼻子里住了一家四口。有时它看来那么大！”
演员史泰龙说。
 5、“I think that his hot curr y has whet the p eo p le's a pp etites．”
“我认为他的辣咖喱刺激了人们的胃口。”
日本国会议员渡边良相评论新首相小泉纯一郎（见图）时说。他把小泉比喻为专门烧辛辣咖喱的厨师，同时摆出“吃不吃由你”的姿态。
 6、“Probabl y wearin g a red tie too man y times．”
“大概是红色领带打得太多吧。”
记者请美国总统布什试论自己上任一百天来犯的最严重错误，他回答说。
（香港《明报》）
书为友 苏格兰作家（1812－1904） Com p anionshi p of Books by （B）Samuel Smiles （趣味英语）
观其友而知其人，同样，察其所读之书亦能知其人，只因书与人一样，也能做人之友。而人总应择其最佳者为友，无论是书还是人。
一本好书可以成为人的挚友，古往今来，恒久不变。所有朋友中，书本最为耐心而又令人愉悦。我们身处逆境灰心沮丧时，书本并不变脸抛弃我们，始终如一，友爱接纳。我们年轻时，书本给我们以欢娱和陶冶；我们老迈时，又予我们以慰藉和鼓励。
人们常常因同爱一本书而精神共鸣———正如两个人有时因共同仰慕另外一人而彼此成为朋友。古谚云：“爱屋及乌”，而“爱其人，也爱其珍爱之书”这句话里却含有更多的哲理。书是更忠诚更高尚的情感纽带。人们可以通过共同喜爱的作者而相知相契，息息相通。他们的思想与作者的思想水乳交融，密不可分。
黑兹利特曾说：“书香轻拂沁心灵，诗行轻滑渗血液。青春时所读之书，垂暮时依然会回想，仿佛就在身边发生。书籍价廉物美，我们就在书香中呼吸。”
一本好书往往就是作者的人生结晶，里面蕴藏着他穷其一生的求索成果。因为人一生的世界大多就是其思想的世界，故而最优秀的书籍也就是至理名言和辉煌思想的富藏。这些思想若能铭记在心，就成为我们永久的朋友和永恒的慰藉。菲利普·悉尼爵士说过：“与高尚思想为伴的人永不寂寞。”
在我们受诱惑时，美好纯真的思想如同仁慈的天使，净化卫护着我们的灵魂，并蕴含着我们行动的萌芽，因为美好的思想总能激励我们美好的行为。
书籍永生，是人类劳作最最长久的成果。庙宇会坍塌，雕像会朽败，书籍却经久长存。伟大的思想不会因时间的流逝而失其光辉，一如千百年前最初在作者脑海中出现时那样清新。往昔的论述和思想今天依然在书页上鲜明有力地展现在我们面前。时间的唯一作用就是淘汰低劣之作，只有真正优秀的作品才能与世长存，流芳千古。
书籍把我们带入最优秀的人群之中，把我们带到人间一切最伟大的思想家面前，我们聆听其话语，领会其成就，仿佛他们依然活在人间。我们与他们灵犀相通，悲喜与共，他们的人生体验变成我们自己的人生体验。我们仿佛感觉到，我们是在作者描绘的人生舞台上，与他们同台演出。
伟大和美好的思想在这个世界上永不会消亡。载之于书籍，这思想传诸四海，而书籍就是活着的声音，是我们至今仍在倾听的真知灼见，因而我们永远沐浴在逝去伟人的思想中。与千百年前一样，人世间无与伦比的智慧如今依然熠熠生辉。（操风琴译）
 A man ma y usuall y be known b y the books he reads as well as b y the com p an y he kee p sfor there is a com－p anionshi p of books as well as of men;and one should alwa y s live in the best com p an y,whether it be of books or of men．
 A g ood book ma y be amon g the best of friends．It is the same toda y that alwa y s was,and it will never chan g e．It is the most p atient and cheerful of com p anions． It does not turn its back u p on us in times of adversit y or distress．It alwa y s receives us with the same kindness;amusin g and instructin g us in y outh,and comfortin g and consoling us in a g e．
 Men often discover their affinit y to each other b y the love the y have each for a book———j ust as two p ersons sometimes discover a friend b y the admiration which both have for a third．There is an old p roverb:“love me ，love m y do g．”but there is more wisdom in this:“love me ，love m y book．”The book is a truer and hi g her bond of union．Men can think,feel,and s y m p athize with each other throu g h their favorite author．The y live in him to g ether,and he in them．
“Books,”said Hazlitt,“wind into the heart;the p oet's verse slides in the current of our blood．We read them when y oun g,we remember them when old．We feel that it has ha pp ened to ourselves．The y are to be had ver y chea p and g ood．We breathe but the air of books．”
 A g ood book is often the best urn of a life,enshrining the best that life could think out;for the world of a man's life is,for the most p art,but the world of his thou g hts．Thus the best books are treasuries of g ood words,the g olden thou g hts,which,remembered and cherished,become our constant com p anions and comforters．“The y are never alone,”said Sir Phili p Sidne y,“that are accom p anied b y noble thou g hts．”
 The g ood and true thou g ht ma y in times of tem p tat－ion be as an an g el of merc y p urif y in g and g uardin g the soul．It also enshrines the g erms of action,for g ood words almost alwa y s ins p ire to g ood works．
 Books p ossess an essence of immortalit y．The y are b y far the most lastin g p roducts of human effort．Tem p les and statues deca y,but books survive．Time is of no account with g reat thou g hts,which are as fresh toda y as when the y first p assed throu g h their author's minds a g es ago．W hat was then said and thou g ht still s p eaks to us as vividl y as ever from the p rinted p a g e．The onl y ef－fect of time has been to sift out the bad p roductsfor nothin g in literature can lon g survive but what is reall y g ood．
 Books introduce us into the best societ ythe y brin g us into the p resence of the g reatest minds that have ever lived．We hear what the y said and did;we see them as if the y were reall y alive;we s y m p athize with them,en j o y with them,g rieve with them;their ex p erience becomes ours,and we feel as if we were in a measure actors with them in the scenes which the y describe．
 The g reat and g ood do not die ever in this world．Embalmed in books,their s p irits walk abroad．The book is a livin g voice．It is an intellect to which one still listens．Hence we ever re－main under the influence of the g reat men of old．The im p erial intellects of the world are as much alive now as the y were a g es a g o．
一本好书可以成为人的挚友，古往今来，恒久不变。所有朋友中，书本最为耐心而又令人愉悦。我们身处逆境灰心沮丧时，书本并不变脸抛弃我们，始终如一，友爱接纳。我们年轻时，书本给我们以欢娱和陶冶；我们老迈时，又予我们以慰藉和鼓励。
人们常常因同爱一本书而精神共鸣———正如两个人有时因共同仰慕另外一人而彼此成为朋友。古谚云：“爱屋及乌”，而“爱其人，也爱其珍爱之书”这句话里却含有更多的哲理。书是更忠诚更高尚的情感纽带。人们可以通过共同喜爱的作者而相知相契，息息相通。他们的思想与作者的思想水乳交融，密不可分。
黑兹利特曾说：“书香轻拂沁心灵，诗行轻滑渗血液。青春时所读之书，垂暮时依然会回想，仿佛就在身边发生。书籍价廉物美，我们就在书香中呼吸。”
一本好书往往就是作者的人生结晶，里面蕴藏着他穷其一生的求索成果。因为人一生的世界大多就是其思想的世界，故而最优秀的书籍也就是至理名言和辉煌思想的富藏。这些思想若能铭记在心，就成为我们永久的朋友和永恒的慰藉。菲利普·悉尼爵士说过：“与高尚思想为伴的人永不寂寞。”
在我们受诱惑时，美好纯真的思想如同仁慈的天使，净化卫护着我们的灵魂，并蕴含着我们行动的萌芽，因为美好的思想总能激励我们美好的行为。
书籍永生，是人类劳作最最长久的成果。庙宇会坍塌，雕像会朽败，书籍却经久长存。伟大的思想不会因时间的流逝而失其光辉，一如千百年前最初在作者脑海中出现时那样清新。往昔的论述和思想今天依然在书页上鲜明有力地展现在我们面前。时间的唯一作用就是淘汰低劣之作，只有真正优秀的作品才能与世长存，流芳千古。
书籍把我们带入最优秀的人群之中，把我们带到人间一切最伟大的思想家面前，我们聆听其话语，领会其成就，仿佛他们依然活在人间。我们与他们灵犀相通，悲喜与共，他们的人生体验变成我们自己的人生体验。我们仿佛感觉到，我们是在作者描绘的人生舞台上，与他们同台演出。
伟大和美好的思想在这个世界上永不会消亡。载之于书籍，这思想传诸四海，而书籍就是活着的声音，是我们至今仍在倾听的真知灼见，因而我们永远沐浴在逝去伟人的思想中。与千百年前一样，人世间无与伦比的智慧如今依然熠熠生辉。（操风琴译）
 A man ma y usuall y be known b y the books he reads as well as b y the com p an y he kee p sfor there is a com－p anionshi p of books as well as of men;and one should alwa y s live in the best com p an y,whether it be of books or of men．
 A g ood book ma y be amon g the best of friends．It is the same toda y that alwa y s was,and it will never chan g e．It is the most p atient and cheerful of com p anions． It does not turn its back u p on us in times of adversit y or distress．It alwa y s receives us with the same kindness;amusin g and instructin g us in y outh,and comfortin g and consoling us in a g e．
 Men often discover their affinit y to each other b y the love the y have each for a book———j ust as two p ersons sometimes discover a friend b y the admiration which both have for a third．There is an old p roverb:“love me ，love m y do g．”but there is more wisdom in this:“love me ，love m y book．”The book is a truer and hi g her bond of union．Men can think,feel,and s y m p athize with each other throu g h their favorite author．The y live in him to g ether,and he in them．
“Books,”said Hazlitt,“wind into the heart;the p oet's verse slides in the current of our blood．We read them when y oun g,we remember them when old．We feel that it has ha pp ened to ourselves．The y are to be had ver y chea p and g ood．We breathe but the air of books．”
 A g ood book is often the best urn of a life,enshrining the best that life could think out;for the world of a man's life is,for the most p art,but the world of his thou g hts．Thus the best books are treasuries of g ood words,the g olden thou g hts,which,remembered and cherished,become our constant com p anions and comforters．“The y are never alone,”said Sir Phili p Sidne y,“that are accom p anied b y noble thou g hts．”
 The g ood and true thou g ht ma y in times of tem p tat－ion be as an an g el of merc y p urif y in g and g uardin g the soul．It also enshrines the g erms of action,for g ood words almost alwa y s ins p ire to g ood works．
 Books p ossess an essence of immortalit y．The y are b y far the most lastin g p roducts of human effort．Tem p les and statues deca y,but books survive．Time is of no account with g reat thou g hts,which are as fresh toda y as when the y first p assed throu g h their author's minds a g es ago．W hat was then said and thou g ht still s p eaks to us as vividl y as ever from the p rinted p a g e．The onl y ef－fect of time has been to sift out the bad p roductsfor nothin g in literature can lon g survive but what is reall y g ood．
 Books introduce us into the best societ ythe y brin g us into the p resence of the g reatest minds that have ever lived．We hear what the y said and did;we see them as if the y were reall y alive;we s y m p athize with them,en j o y with them,g rieve with them;their ex p erience becomes ours,and we feel as if we were in a measure actors with them in the scenes which the y describe．
 The g reat and g ood do not die ever in this world．Embalmed in books,their s p irits walk abroad．The book is a livin g voice．It is an intellect to which one still listens．Hence we ever re－main under the influence of the g reat men of old．The im p erial intellects of the world are as much alive now as the y were a g es a g o．