【英漢對照】英語諺語與名人名言集錦:Getting to Know the Past

【英漢對照】英語諺語與名人名言集錦:Getting to Know the Past

【英漢對照】英語諺語與名人名言集錦:Getting to Know the Past


Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.

—Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States

公民們,我們不能逃脫歷史。

—— 美國第16任總統 林肯

Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded.

—Virginia Woolf, English writer

任何事都沒有發生,直到被記錄下來。

——英國女作家 弗吉尼亞•伍爾芙

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.

— Aldous Huxley, English writer

那些不願意從歷史中接受教訓的人就是歷史給我們上的最重要的一課。

—— 英國作家,詩人 奧爾德斯·赫胥黎

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

—George Santayana, American philosopher, essayist, poet and novelist

那些不能記住歷史的人會重蹈覆轍。

——美國哲學家,作家,詩人,小說家 喬治·桑塔亞那

Each moment in history is a fleeting time, precious and unique.

—Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the United States

歷史巨輪飛轉,分分秒秒的時間都十分寶貴,也獨具意義。

——美國第37任總統 尼克松

History repeats itself;that's one of the things that's wrong with history.

—Clarence Darrow, American lawyer

歷史是重複的,這是歷史的錯誤之一。

—— 美國律師 萊倫斯·丹諾

History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.

— George Santayana, American writer

歷史總是被書寫錯誤,因此總是需要被重寫。

——美國作家 喬治•桑塔亞那

You can't say civilization isn't advancing:in every war they kill you in a new way.

—Comedian Will Rogers, American humorist

你不能說文明沒有前進,在每一場戰爭中都會有一種新的方式殺死你。

——美國幽默作家,喜劇演員 威爾·羅傑斯

For most of history,anonymous was a woman.

— Virginia Woolf, English writer

對大多數歷史來說,匿名者都是女性。

——英國女作家 弗吉尼亞·伍爾芙

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

—Napoleon Bonaparte, French military and political leader

歷史對過去事件的描述是採用人們一致同意的版本。

—— 法國軍事政治家 拿破崙

節選自《大學英語新概念閱讀教程》(第三冊)(主編 李華田,武漢大學出版社,2012年6月)

【英漢對照】英語諺語與名人名言集錦:Getting to Know the Past



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