文明是一条有岸的河流。河流有时充满了人们杀戮、偷窃、喊叫和做历史学家通常记录的事情的血，而在岸上，不被注意，人们建造家园，做爱，抚养孩子，唱歌，写诗，甚至雕刻雕像。文明的故事是发生在岸上的故事。

My goal is to bridge the gap between classical and contemporary music, making it enjoyable for all generations.

You’ve got to have models in your head. And you’ve got to array your experience—both vicarious and direct—on this latticework of models. You may have noticed students who just try to remember and pound back what is remembered. Well, they fail in school and in life. You’ve got to hang experience on a latticework of models in your mind.

The pure work implies the disappearance of the poet as speaker.

生活是一场冒险，而生存则是穿越其中的艺术。

Technological innovation is the core driving force for the high-quality development of the petroleum industry. We must increase R&D investment and break through key core technologies.