比尔·布莱森 ( Bill Bryson, 1951 – 至今)

比尔·布莱森 ( Bill Bryson,  1951 –  至今),美英作家,著有旅游、英语语言、科学等非小说类书籍。他出生在美国,成年后大部分时间居住在英国,1995年至2003年返回美国,拥有美国和英国双重国籍。2005年至2011年,他担任杜伦大学校长。

英汉智慧语录 English and Chinese Brainy Quotes

Coming back to your native land after an absence of many years is a surprisingly unsettling business, a little like waking from a long coma. Time, you discover, has wrought changes that leave you feeling mildly foolish and out of touch.
在离开多年之后回到你的故乡是一件令人惊讶让人不安的事情,有点像从长期昏迷中醒来。你会发现,时间已经造成了一些变化,让你感到有些愚蠢和脱离现实。

I’ve never quite understood that feeling: that you arrive in a strange place, yet you want to have nothing but familiar experiences.
我一直不太理解那种感觉, 即:你来到一个陌生的地方,却只想有熟悉的体验。

The older you get the more it seems the world belongs to other people.
你年纪越大,世界似乎就越属于别人

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