英语口语、习惯语、经典语录5000句(141)

英语口语、习惯语、经典语录5000句(141)

1401. The price we pay is just too high for enforced population control. 我们为强制性堕胎所付代价太过高昂。enforced population control，强制性堕胎。family planning 计划生育。

1402. Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born. 堕胎的推手都是那些自己已经出生了的人。

1403. Abortion is murder no matter when a person believes life becomes official. 不管你相信什么时候生命正式开始，堕胎都是谋杀。become official, 正式开始。

1404. It is a double standard. Don't they just really realize it's a new coat of paint on an old issue? 简直就是双重标准，他们难到真意识不到这不过是老问题的新包装吗？

1405. The reform of the C Party is just new wine in old vessels. 共裆的改革不过是旧袋装新酒。old vessel 旧皮囊，也有作old wineskins。现在有人用bottle 来代替vessel, wineskin。但这不很确切。新皮囊有韧性，而旧皮囊没有韧性了，而新酒会发酵，所以新酒装在旧皮囊中会把旧皮囊撑破。而bottle是玻璃作的，不具备原来的含义。

1406. You are sure what to do? Don’t fret. You can weigh several options. 不知道下一步怎样做吗？不要紧张。你有好几个选择可以想想。

1407. Finally I came around to be normal. 后来我终于恢复了正常。None of learning tips will turn your life around, but they can make a difference. 没有一个学习方法论是真的可以改变你的生活，但还是可以起点作用。turn things around, 改变了局势。

1408. She was riding her boss' coattails to promotion. 她纯粹是靠与老板的特殊关系而被提拔的。My opponent is riding the coattails of the popular governor of Massachusetts.我的对手在依靠麻省德高望重的州长而占点便宜。

1409. Better to do in the present than to stew about the past. 与其纠缠历史不如面对现实。stew 炖菜，这里指忧虑，纠缠。

1410. Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.  [来12:1.2]我们既有这许多的见证人，如同云彩围着我们，就当放下各样的重担，脱去容易缠累我们的罪，存心忍耐，奔那摆在我们前头的路程，仰望为我们信心创始成终的耶稣。他因那摆在前头的喜乐，就轻看羞辱，忍受了十字架的苦难，便坐在神宝座的右边。