Quotations

名言录

 

11. When a dog bites a man, that is not news, but when a man bites a dog, that is news.

C. A. Dana

狗咬人算不得新闻,人咬狗才是新闻。

C. A.  达纳

 

12To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

E. Burke

读书不思考,犹如吃饭不消化。

E. 伯克

 

13You can’t tell a book by the cover.

An English Proverb

书的好坏不能看封面而定。

英国谚语

 

14 Only two classes of books are of universal appeal. The very best and the very worst.

F.M. Ford

只有两类书受到普遍欢迎:最最好的和最最坏的。

F. M. 福特

 

15. To expect a man to retain everything that has been read is like expecting him to carry about in his body everything that has been eaten.

A. Schopenhauer

指望一个人记住读过的一切,就指望他把吃过的东西都装在体内四处走动。

A.   叔本华

 

(转载自《英语学习》杂志   易草木 译)