‘What is new?’ -- a personal greeting since the Hellenistic age – captures the essence of the Western mind.

从古希腊时代以来人们的问候语就是“有什么新消息吗”。这一句话总结了西方心态的要害。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011

Your pure mind is going as dry as fiddlesticks, from what I see of it. You' re simply talking it down.'

在我看来， 你那纯洁的心灵却干核得和木竿一样。 你愈说愈干。 ”

Lawrence, David Herbert / Lady Chatterley's Lover劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特 / 查太莱夫人的情人

查太莱夫人的情人

劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lawrence, David Herbert

© Wordsworth Editions Limited 2005

Iran is now in the superpower’s sights, and the US approach brings to mind the preparatory phase of the Iraq war – down to the last detail.

伊朗现在处于超级大国的视线范围之内，而美国的措施让人们想起了伊拉克战争的准备阶段直至最后的细节。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010

The psychology of the markets is dominated by the public images that we have in mind from day to day, and that form the basis of our imaginations and of the stories we tell each other.

市场心理受到公众形象的控制。我们每天构想这些形象，并且它们构成我们的想像的基础以及聊天的材料。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011

'Well, I should like to be a LITTLE larger, sir, if you wouldn't mind,' said Alice: 'three inches is such a wretched height to be.'

“哦， 如果你不在意的话， 先生， 我想再大一点， ”爱丽丝说， “像这样三英寸高， 太可怜了， ”

Carroll, Lewis / Alice's adventures in Wonderland卡罗尔 刘易斯 / 爱丽丝梦游仙境

爱丽丝梦游仙境

卡罗尔 刘易斯

Alice's adventures in Wonderland

Carroll, Lewis

© 1901, by Harper & Brothers

Never mind that most of the crises could have been avoided, or late least substantially mitigated, if governments had let their currencies float against the dollar, rather than adopting rigid exchange-rate pegs.

人们不管如果各国政府让它们的货币与美元自由浮动，而非采取严格的联系汇率，绝大多数的危机本来可以避免，至少可以大幅度减轻。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.02.2009

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.02.2009

Sex is a private thing between me and Julia; and of course I should mind anyone else trying to mix in.'

性爱是我和朱丽亚两人间的私事；如果谁想插进来， 自然我要介意的。 ”

Lawrence, David Herbert / Lady Chatterley's Lover劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特 / 查太莱夫人的情人

查太莱夫人的情人

劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lawrence, David Herbert

© Wordsworth Editions Limited 2005

She made her plans for the night, and determined to get Clifford off her mind.

她计划着晚上的事情， 决意不去想克利福了。

Lawrence, David Herbert / Lady Chatterley's Lover劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特 / 查太莱夫人的情人

查太莱夫人的情人

劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lawrence, David Herbert

© Wordsworth Editions Limited 2005

Have you turned the case over in your mind?”

这件案子，你在脑子里思考过了吗？”

Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Hound of the Baskervilles柯南 道尔 / 巴斯克维尔猎犬

巴斯克维尔猎犬

柯南 道尔

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Conan Doyle, Arthur

© 1901, 1902 by A. Conan Doyle

Tereshkova’s dream is a symbol not only of her desperation, which is the desperation of the creative mind in today’s Russia, but also of continuing belief in the great potential of the human spirit.

捷列什科娃的梦想不仅仅是她个人以及当今俄罗斯创造性头脑的绝望的象征，而且还是坚信人类精神的巨大潜力。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 29.10.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 29.10.2010

What the eye doesn' t see and the mind doesn' t know, doesn' t exist.

眼所不见， 心所不知的事情， 是不存在的。

Lawrence, David Herbert / Lady Chatterley's Lover劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特 / 查太莱夫人的情人

查太莱夫人的情人

劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lawrence, David Herbert

© Wordsworth Editions Limited 2005

That' s how I' ve got into all the trouble. And that' s why my mind mistrusts so thoroughly.'

我的一切烦恼就是那样得来的， 这也便是我的心所以如此狐疑的缘故。 ”

Lawrence, David Herbert / Lady Chatterley's Lover劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特 / 查太莱夫人的情人

查太莱夫人的情人

劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lawrence, David Herbert

© Wordsworth Editions Limited 2005

After all, everyone understood who the “welfare cheat” was, and who Kristol had in mind when he famously quipped that a neo-conservative is “a liberal who has been mugged by reality.”

不管怎样，每个人都知道什么是“福利国家”以及当克里斯托说出那句对新保守主义有名的挖苦“一个被现实掐了脖子的自由主义者”时他到底指的是什么意思。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.12.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.12.2010

Since Michaelis, she had made up her mind she wanted nothing.

自从她和蔑克里斯发生关系以后， 她已下了决心不再需要什么东西了。

Lawrence, David Herbert / Lady Chatterley's Lover劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特 / 查太莱夫人的情人

查太莱夫人的情人

劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lawrence, David Herbert

© Wordsworth Editions Limited 2005

'You mean you wouldn' t mind if he made love to Julia in some discreet alcove?'

“这是说要是有人和朱丽亚躲在壁龛里恋爱起来， 你便不介意么？”

Lawrence, David Herbert / Lady Chatterley's Lover劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特 / 查太莱夫人的情人

查太莱夫人的情人

劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lawrence, David Herbert

© Wordsworth Editions Limited 2005