The teacher pretended that algebra was a perfectly natural affair, to be taken for granted, whereas I didn't even know what numbers were. Mathematics classes became sheer terror and torture to me. I was so intimidated by my incomprehension that I did not dare to ask any questions.
老师声称代数是完美而自然的、我们应无条件地接受它,而我甚至不能理解什么是数。对我来说数学课完全就是恐怖和折磨。我完全不理解代数,这使我胆怯得不敢问任何问题。
What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
荒野是一个美丽而危险的地方。要生存,你必须尊重两者。
The motor of our ingenuity is the question ‘Does it have to be like this?’, from which arise political reforms, scientific developments, improved relationships, better books.
Art is not about what you see, but what you make others see.
模型的好坏取决于其所基于的数据。