另一回事

Sometimes the neighbour's pigeons land on my windowledge Cooing softly Where the great poplar at the window has somehow grown beyond the fourth-floor roof They skim round its crown and back The sunlight on their fluffy feathers Alive day by day I keep coming indoors empty-handed And throwing book and jacket on the bed As the days hurry by I can bring scarcely anything home Even after days away Only you remain and the little room Living day by day We have grown used By an unspoken pact to the room's breadth A pair of pigeons cooing softly on the windowledge Which at many instants belong to us Day by day Dust that falls on book spines gradually yellows Perhaps it is otherwise That life, if it does, provides I know that the unwitting request is not excessive And that summer turns to autumn Perhaps fallen leaves will swirl after a night of rain It does not mean a return to green shade deep in sunlight A house-cleaning when leisure affords Feelings may come on latent even as Irrelevancies are spoken softly The instant when a first trembling on the lips teaches you happiness Lasts till the end of life A request always voiced unwittingly

有时候，邻家的鸽子落在我的窗台上咕咕地轻啼窗口的大杨树不知不觉间已高过了四层楼的屋顶它们轻绕那些树冠又飞回来阳光在蓬松的羽毛上那么温柔生命日复一日我往往空着手从街上回来把书和上衣掷在床上日子过得匆匆忙忙我时常不能带回来什么即使离家数日只留下你和这小小的屋子生活日复一日面对无声无息的默契我们已习惯了彼此间的宽容一对鸽子在窗台上咕咕地轻啼他们在许多瞬间属于我们日复一日灰尘落在书脊上渐渐变黄如果生活时时在给予那也许是另一回事我知道，那无意间提出的请求并不过份我知道，夏日正转向秋天也许一场夜雨过后就会落叶纷飞不是说再回到阳光下幽深的绿荫日子需要闲遐的时候把家收拾干净，即使轻声述说些无关紧要的事情感也会在其间潜潜走过当唇际间最初的战栗使你感知了幸福这一瞬已延伸到了生命的尽头而那些请求都是无意间说出的

The existence of law is one thing; its merit or demerit is another.

法律的存在是一件事；它的好坏是另一回事。

It is one thing to read George Orwell and Franz Kafka, it is quite another to live their texts.

这是一件事，看奥威尔和卡夫卡，这又是另一回事过自己的文字。

Free speech, free press, one man one vote..... that's just another story

但是，言论自由，出版自由，一人一票的选举，这又是另一回事了。

I don't necessarily agree with all of Liu Xiaobo's views and methods, but that's beside the point; Liu Xiaobo is a peaceful and rational critic and to incarcerate him for this is a sign of weakness, one very difficult to accept.

钱理群的看法：不一定同意刘晓波的所有观点和做法，这是另一回事；但刘晓波属于平和、理性的批评者，对他都要判刑，是一种虚弱的表现，觉得很难接受

It is one thing to know and another to teach.

自己知道是一件事，要教别人又是另一回事。

He adopts Fechner's panpsychism, maintaining that "everything corporeal points to something else, an inner, intelligible element, a being for itself, which is akin to what we experience within ourselves".

他采用了费希纳的panpsychism ，保持"一切有形的点，以另一回事，一内，理解要件，正在为自己，这是类似我们的经验与自己"。

Sleep is not necessarily a state of peace, or of freedom from self-contradiction - but that's another matter.

睡觉未必是一种平静的状态，一种摆脱了自相矛盾的状态--但那是另一回事。

Its one thing to be single in a wheelchair and quite another to actually be someone who will make the most out of his life and let life look for him rather than him shying away from it.

它的一件事，要单在轮椅上和另一回事，其实谁，有人会做出最出他的生命，让生命的寻找他，而非他回避。

You may not care if a photo is swiped, but your Social Security number is a different matter.

你可能不在乎一张照片被窃，但如果你的社会保障号码被窃，那就是另一回事了。

I am accused of being overreligious," she said in her quiet, frank manner,"but that does not prevent me thinking the children very cruel who obstinately commit such suicide.""

客人们在卡罗利娜·埃凯家里，举止就文雅一些，因为卡罗利娜的母亲治家很严厉。

Designed by French fashion house Herm è s, this elegant uniform was manufactured in our home, Hong Kong, and was the first without a hat.

由著名品牌 Herm è s 设计，这件高贵的制服是香港本土制造，是我们第一套不配帽子的制服。