He had a sound feeling that idiom was the backbone of a language and he was all for the racy phrases.
他感到习语是语言的主要支柱,因此特别主张用生动的短语。他的想法是非常正确的。
※Democracy means not "I am as good as you are "but you are as good as I am ."——Theodore Parker, American theologian 民主的含义不是“我和你一样好”,而是“你和我一样好”。美国神学家 帕克。.T. ※If democracy is to survive, it is the task of men of thoughts, as well as men of action, to put aside pride and prejudice; and with courage and single-minded devotion---- to find the truth and teach the truth that shall keep men free.——Franklin Roosevelt, American pesident 傲慢与偏见;他们要有勇气,有全心全意的献身精神,最重要的是要有谦虚精神,去寻求与传播那使人民永保自由的真理。美国总统 罗斯福。F. ※When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by his sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.——Jonathan Swift, British satire writer当一个真正的天才问世时,你可以根据一种现象来认识他,即所有蠢才联合一致来反对他。英国讽刺作家 斯威夫特宾 J