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  • Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.

    ——Mary McCarthy

    每个时代都有一个钥匙孔,通过它可以张望世界。

    Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones, but by contrary extreme positions.

    ——Friedrich Nietzsche

    极端立场并不会被温和立场取代,而是会被另一极端替代。

    It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose.

    ——FranklinD.Roosevelt

    提出建议是总统的义务,如何处理是国会的特权。

    The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these area?bandoned, of race, but of age.

    ——W.H.Auden

    对民主社会来说,恰当的阶级差别不是地位和金钱的差别,更不是种族的差别,而是年龄的差别。尽管摒弃了地位、金钱的标准之后,种族差别容易产生。

    There is a passion for hunting something deeply implanted in the human breast.

    ——Charles Dickens

    人类的心里深埋着一种追逐某些事物的热情。

    When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty one gun salutes1, all those things. You have to remember it isn't for you. It's for the Presidency2.

    ——Harry STrumann

    当你成为总统时,就有了所有那些东西:荣誉、21响礼炮等。你必须记住这不属于你,而是属于总统这一职务。

    The ballot3 is stronger than the bullet.

    ——Abraham Lincoln

    选票强于子弹。

    Growing old is like being increasingly penalized4 for a crime you haven't committed.

    ——Anthony Powell

    衰老就像你为莫须有的罪名受到了不断加重的惩罚。

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    1 salutes [səˈlu:ts] 3b734a649021fe369aa469a3134454e3   第7级
    n.致敬,欢迎,敬礼( salute的名词复数 )v.欢迎,致敬( salute的第三人称单数 );赞扬,赞颂
    参考例句:
    • Poulengey salutes, and stands at the door awaiting orders. 波仑日行礼,站在门口听侯命令。 来自辞典例句
    • A giant of the world salutes you. 一位世界的伟人向你敬礼呢。 来自辞典例句
    2 presidency [ˈprezɪdənsi] J1HzD   第9级
    n.总统(校长,总经理)的职位(任期)
    参考例句:
    • Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States. 罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
    • Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency. 两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。
    3 ballot [ˈbælət] jujzB   第8级
    n.(不记名)投票,投票总数,投票权;vi.投票
    参考例句:
    • The members have demanded a ballot. 会员们要求投票表决。
    • The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike. 工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。
    4 penalized [ˈpi:nəlaizd] c88c37e7a177d0a347c36794aa587e91   第10级
    对…予以惩罚( penalize的过去式和过去分词 ); 使处于不利地位
    参考例句:
    • You will be penalized for poor spelling. 你拼写不好将会受到处罚。
    • Team members will be penalized for lateness. 队员迟到要受处罚。

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