因为

Some MPs may find themselves better off under the new arrangements (though the 54 MPs who represent outer London, and would not be eligible for Mr Brown's per diem, will not be).

某些议员在新的提案下将生活得非常不错，尽管有54名议员因为代表外伦敦，而享受不到同等待遇----因为其不符合布郎的每日补贴标准。

Now, I can appreciate that the heron is a marvelous and unique creature. But I don't ever want to spot him in my backyard! That's because I know he won't be there just to admire the garden. No, this not-so-fine-feathered version of persona non grata will be checking out our pond for a take-out fish dinner!

我也欣赏蓝鹭，因为它是奇特的生物，但我却不想在我家后院见到它，因为它并不是来参观我家花园，这个不受欢迎的羽毛动物，只想捞起我家池塘的小鱼当晚餐。

About a Year and half after I had entertain'd these Notions, and by long musing, had as it were resolved them all into nothing, for want of an Occasion to put them in Execution, I was surpriz'd one Morning early, with seeing no less than five Canoes all on Shore together on my side the Island; and the People who belong'd to them all landed, and out of my sight: The Number of them broke all my Measures, for seeing so many, and knowing that they always came four or six, or sometimes more in a Boat, I could not tell what to think of it, Or how to take my Measures, to attack Twenty or Thirty Men single handed; so I lay still in my Castle, perplex'd and discomforted: However I put my self into all the same Postures for an Attack that I had formerly provided, and was just ready for Action, if any Thing had presented; having waited a good while, listening to hear if they made any Noise; at length being very impatient, I set my Guns at the Foot of my Ladder, and clamber'd up to the Top of the Hill, by my two Stages as usual; standing so however that my Head did not appear above the Hill, so that they could not perceive me by any Means; here I observ'd by the help of my Perspective Glass, that they were no less than Thirty in Number, that they had a Fire kindled, that they had had Meat dress'd.

我自从有了这些想法之后，平时就经常会想到这件事，可是因为没有机会付诸实施，因此一直都毫无结果。这样大约又过了一年半光景。一天清晨，我忽然发现有五只独木舟在岛这头靠了岸，船上的人都已上了岛，但却不知道他们去哪儿了。他们来的人这么多，把我的计划彻底打破了。因为我知道，一只独木舟一般载五、六个人，有时甚至更多。现在一下子来了这么多船，少说他有二三十人，我一个人单枪匹马，如何能对付他们呢！因此，我只好悄悄躲到城堡里去，坐立不安，一筹莫展。可是，我还是根据过去的计划，进行作战准备，以便一有机会，立即行动。我等了好久，留神听他们的动静，最后，实在耐不住了，就把枪放在梯子脚下，像平时那样，分作两步爬上小山顶。我站在那里，尽量不把头露出来，唯恐被他们看见。我拿起望远镜进行观察，发现他们不下三十人，并且已经生起了火，正在煮肉。至于他们怎样煮的，煮的又究竟是什么肉，我就不得而知了。

When your enthusiasm runs high, make a not e of it in a notebook. Write down the circumstances that inspired you and the manifestations of that enthusiasm. Were you spurred to action Did you solve a problem Did you persuade someone of something Also, keep a written copy of your definite major purposeand your plan for it inside your notebook. Ten, whenever your enthusiasm is ebbing, pick up your valuable book.

当你的热忱高涨时，可将它记在记事簿里，记录激发热忱的环境，以及因为热忱而表现出来的举动：你会因为被激励而展开行动吗你解决问题了吗你说服某人了吗同样的，在记事簿中记入你的明确目标和达到目标的计划，每当你的热忱高涨时就把它记下来。

Not because I think it wouldn't be persuasive, but because I fear it would be.

并非因为我认为他的书是没有说服力的，而是因为我害怕他的书会说服我。

Because it would have been useless and dangerous for Pertinax and Alexander, being new princes, to imitate Marcus, who was heir to the principality; and likewise it would have been utterly destructive to Caracalla, Commodus, and Maximinus to have imitated Severus, they not having sufficient valour to enable them to tread in his footsteps.

因为对于同是新君主的佩尔蒂纳切和亚历山大说来，想要模仿那个根据继承权世袭王位的马尔科，不但徒劳无益而且是要吃亏的。同样地，对于卡拉卡拉、科姆莫多、马西米诺说来，想要模仿塞韦罗是极其危险的事情，因为他们没有足够的能力使自己能够追踪塞韦罗。

I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.

因为智力，我是一个悲观论者；因为愿望，我是一个乐观主义者。

My tone is pessimistic, because I am worried, because I have nothing.

我的语气是悲观的，因为我很担忧，因为我还什么都没有。

I usually use spaghetti because it's what I have, but I prefer to use fusili or rotelle because the pesto sticks to it better.

我通常用那种意大利长面（即大家所熟知的"意粉"，因为我家只有这种，但是我更倾向于用螺丝面或者车轮面，因为这两种面更容易使青酱附着在上面。

There is a gap between what we can in principle be given in perception and any belief about the past. And because in principle we could never be given anything about the past directly, the gap is one that no justified a posteriori inference could bridge. For anything to which we could appeal in support of a hypothesis about the connection between the past and present will simply give us more information about the present. Thus, unless our conception of the past is a form of idealism analogous to phenomenalism regarding the external world, skepticism follows.

在'原则上我们在感知中被给予的'和'任何关于过去的信念'之间有一个gap，又因为在原则上我们不能被直接给予过去的东西，这个gap就没有一个后天『a posteriori』inference能架桥辩护，因为任何可诉诸以支持关于过去和当前的关联的假说的东西，也不过是给我们更多关于当前的信息，如此，除非我们对过去的概念是类似关于外在世界的现象论的这种观念论的一个形式，否则怀疑论就会得到。

I can still vividly recall the impressive scenes you gave. You were among my friends and relatives who accompanied me from my house to the seaport and when the porters were slow to show up, you obligingly carried my suitcase for me.

你对我的种种感人情意，使我记忆犹新，那天你随着我的亲友从家里送我上轮船，搬运工迟迟不来，你毅然替我提着皮箱上船。

St. Nicholas became the patron saint of Russia, where he was famous for his red cape, flowing white beard, and bishop's mitre.

圣尼古拉成了俄罗斯人的守护神，在那里，他以身披红斗篷，留着飘逸的白胡须，戴着主教法冠而闻名。