B.C. Forbes (雜誌創辦人)

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“Sudden rises are sometimes followed by equally sudden falls. I have most faith in the individual or enterprise that advances step by step.”

– B.C. Forbes, Founder of Forbes Magazine
「快速崛起有時伴隨的是同樣快速的衰敗,我對一步步向上提升的個人及企業最有信心。」– 富比士 (雜誌創辦人)

equally (adv.) 相等的,等同的。例:She is equally competent. (她的能力也是一樣的好。) faith (n.) 信心,信念。例:I have faith in you. (我對你有信心。) advance (v.) 前進,進步。例:The army advanced across the field. (軍隊越過了田野。)

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Tryon Edwards (神學家)

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“There is nothing so elastic as the human mind. The more we are obliged to do, the more we are able to accomplish.”

– Tryon Edwards, Theologian
「人的心智比什麼都有彈性,我們被要求的愈多,可以完成的就愈多。」– 泰倫.愛德華茲 (神學家)

elastic (adj.) 彈性的,有伸縮性的。oblige (v.) 迫使,使 (某人) 非做不可。例:Many parents feel obliged to pay for part of the wedding. (許多家長認為他們必須支付孩子部份的婚禮費用。)

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Fossilized turtle excavated in southern New Mexico
新墨西哥州南方挖出石化的烏龜

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Fossilized remains of a turtle believed to have lived in a swampy environment ago have been recovered from a desert location in southern New Mexico.

石化的烏龜遺體據信應該是生活在數千萬年前的沼澤環境裡,其已在新墨西哥州南方的沙漠地帶被復原。

The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that scientists and volunteers from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History excavated the fossilized turtle found on federal property near Truth or Consequences last week.

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Benjamin Disraeli (英國首相)

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“Success is the child of audacity.”

– Benjamin Disraeli, British Prime Minister
「成功是大膽的結果。」– 班傑明‧迪斯雷利 (英國首相)

audacity (n.) 魯莽,膽大。例:I don’t believe she has the audacity to ask for a raise. (我不相信她敢要求加薪。)

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Albert J. Nock (作家)

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“The mind is like the stomach. It is not how much you put into it that counts, but how much it digests.”

– Albert J. Nock, Writer
「人的大腦像是胃腸,重要的不是你放進去多少,而是消化了多少。」– 班傑明‧迪斯雷利 (作家)

digest (v.) 消化,理解,領悟。例:I struggled to digest course material. (我費力地琢磨課程內容。)

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