在那样的年纪,我会找任何借口做些估测或者小算术。我会计算油耗还有杂货花销等鸡毛蒜皮的小事。我听过一个有关吸烟的广告。我记不得细节了,但是广告大意是说,每吸一口香烟会减少几分钟的寿命,大概是两分钟。无论如何,我决定为祖母做个算术。我估测了祖母每天要吸几支香烟,每支香烟要吸几口等等,然后心满意足地得出了一个合理的数字。接着,我捅了捅坐在前面的祖母的头,又拍了拍她的肩膀,然后骄傲地宣称,"每天吸两分钟的烟,你就少活九年!"
We must balance the need for energy with the need to protect our planet.
我们都是陌生土地上的陌生人,渴望回家,却不太清楚家是什么或在哪里。
下一代不会问我们说了什么,而是问我们做了什么。
我总是尽量保持积极,享受每一刻。
跨行业合作是解决世界最大挑战的关键。
The rise of China and other authoritarian states challenges the idea that liberal democracy is the only viable political system.
When I have been listened to and when I have been heard, I am able to re-perceive my world in a new way and go on. It is astonishing how elements that seem insoluble become soluble when someone listens.