我也同样

Sure I've got loads of them, but I ALSO had them take a cast of my ear and then from that make me a solid silicone ear plug the exact replica of my inner ear.

当然它们对我来说也算是一种负担，但是同样的我用它们保护我的耳朵，让我有一个固体的硅树脂耳朵塞入我内耳的精确复制品。

A,an=not ab,abs=away ad,a,ac,ad,af,al,an,ap,as,at=to;at ambi=both ana=up ante=before anti=against auto=self be=do bene=good cata=complete cent=hundred circum=around co,com,con=together contra=against de=down,off dec,deka=ten dia=across dis=apart duo,di,twi=two dys=bad en=make ento=inside epi=upon equi=equal eu=good ex,ec,e=out fore=ahead hetero=different holo=complete homo=same hyper=above hypo=below in,il,im,ir=inside;not infra=below inter,intel=between intra,intro=within iso=same macro=big mal=bad medi=middle mega=giant meta=change micro=small mis=wrongly mono=one multi,poly=many neo=new nona,ennea=nine ob,oc,of,op=toward oct=eight omni=all orth=straight pan=all para=beside per=through peri=around post=after pre,pri=before prin=first pro=forward quad,tetra=four quint,penta=five re=back retro=back se=apart semi,demi,hemi=half sept,hepta=seven sext,hexa=six solo=alone sub,suc,suf,sug,sum,sup,sur,sus=under super,sur=over supra=above syn,sym=same tele=far trans,tra=across tri,ter=three un,ne,non=not uni=one ultra=beyond

成年人学英文的第一课和第二课刊出后，有数位读者写E-mail给我。有一位说道：「一篇文章的每一个单字都查到解释了，但整篇文章就是看不懂，怎麼办？」另一位说：「我的文法很差，没办法写完整的英文句子，要如何补救？」当发音和字汇都掌握住学习要领之后，剩下的就是「读」和「写」了，这才符合学习英文的正确步骤：听→说→读→写。台湾传统的学习方式由「写」开始，再「读」，然后才「说」，最后再去补救「听」力，可以说是背道而行，难怪效果不彰。那麼学习「读」的要诀是什麼呢？当然最重要的是能够了解整个句子的涵义。记得初中的时候背了很多文法规则，考试的分数虽然很高，但是对「读」的能力没有帮助。连那个时候流行的「英语九百句型」，也从来没有耐心读完过。然而我们今天能够看懂中文的文章，难道是因为我们熟悉中文的文法吗？答案是否定的。同样地，一个美国人虽然能阅读报纸，但是要求他做「英文文法分析」，他可能也会傻眼。英文的句子其实不需要去靠文法书中的规则去了解，文法书只应当作参考书，在有疑惑的时候才去查阅。平常应养成「约定成俗」的习惯，就是看别人怎麼用，然后「依样画葫芦」，日积月累，文法规则就化为无形了。因此，要训练「读」的技巧，不应该是靠文法规则，而是要多读。但是在读之前，要具备「了解句子」的基本能力，这就是我们的第三课─了解英文句子的要诀。了解英文句子的关键，在於先抓住「主词」和「动词」。看到一句很长的英文句子，不要害怕：先找主词，再找动词。动词如果是「及物动词」，再去找「受词」。主词、动词、受词之外，剩下的通通当做修饰语，有的修饰主词，有的修饰动词，有的修饰受词，有的修饰全句；任何两个完整的句子都可以用连接词连接起来。以上简单几句话，就是了解英文句子的基本观念。了解英文句子的第二步是熟悉英语的五种基本句型，其中前两种与不及物动词有关，后三种与及物动词有关。以下的句子中，用大括号表示{主词}或{受词}，中括号表示，剩下的部份都是修饰语。第一种与不及物动词有关的基本句型叫做「简单不及物句型」（Intransitive Verb，简称I），请背住以下五个句子

When I hear this oracular sentence, I am for a moment absorbed in thought, emphasizing to myself each word separately that I may come at the meaning of it, that I may find out by what degree of consanguinity They are related to me , and what authority they may have in an affair which affects me so nearly; and, finally, I am inclined to answer her with equal mystery, and without any more emphasis of the "they":"It is true, they did not make them so recently, but they do now."

而我，一听到这神示似的文句，就有一会儿沉思，把每一个字都给我自己单个地强调了一下，好让我明白它的意思，好让我找出他们和我有怎么样的血缘关系，在一件与我如此密切有关的事上，他们有什么权威；最后，我决定用同样神秘的方式来答复她，所以也不把"他们"两字强调。——"真的，近来他们并不时行这个式样，可是现在他们又时行这个了。"

When I hear this oracular sentence, I am for a moment absorbed in thought, emphasizing to myself each word separately that I may come at the meaning of it, that I may find out by what degree of consanguinity They are related to me, and what authority they may have in an affair which affects me so nearly; and, finally, I am inclined to answer her with equal mystery, and without any more emphasis of the "they"

而我，一听到这神示似的文句，就有一会儿沉思，把每一个字都给我自己单个地强调了一下，好让我明白它的意思，好让我找出他们和我有怎么样的血缘关系，在一件与我如此密切有关的事上，他们有什么权威；最后，我决定用同样神秘的方式来答复她，所以也不把"他们"两字强调。

At Berkshire, wanting our fees to be meaningless to our directors, we pay them only a pittance. Additionally, not wanting to insulate our directors from any corporate disaster we might have, we don't provide them with officers' and directors' liability insurance (an unorthodoxy that, not so incidentally, has saved our shareholders many millions of dollars over the years). Basically, we want the behavior of our directors to be driven by the effect their decisions will have on their family'snet worth, not by their compensation. That's the equation for Charlie and me as managers, and we think it's the right one for Berkshire directors as well.

在伯克希尔，为了避免董事报酬占其个人收入的比例太高，我们仅象征性地支付一点报酬，此外为了不让董事们规避公司发生重大经营意外的风险，我们也不提供董事经理人责任保险(虽然这在一般公司并非常态，但每年却也为公司节省了好几百万美元的保险费用)，基本上，我们希望董事们的行为想法跟在处理自家财务一般小心谨慎，而不只是着眼于董事报酬，这跟查理与我本人在身为伯克希尔经营者的心态一致，我们这样的做法同样也适用于伯克希尔的董事们。

In short, I am enamored of that flawless beauty of which all poets have perturbedly divined the existence somewhere, and which life as men know it simply does not afford nor anywhere foresee.

可尽管如此，这种与生俱来的渴求让我并不能满足只是在纸上写写评论，或是解读破译它们…总之，那种纯洁无暇的美让我深深迷恋，也曾让诗人们苦苦寻觅过，它是人们知道的生活所不能承载的，同样也是无处可以预知的。

I can hardly believe what I said mattered to them , and of course , they counterattacked me , very rudely , just beyond my imagination , my heart was bleeding , tears roaring out of my eyes that I can hardly stop .

也许我出去混，是会连他也不如的，因为我还没下贱到什么都可以出卖的地步；也许我一直这样顺从，只是害怕你们会同样的放弃我，可是我终究是要靠自己的力量行走的。

By the same power that slays you, I to am slain; and I too shall be consumed.

现在屠宰你的力量也将屠宰我，我同样也会被吞食。

My days were not days of the week, bearing the stamp of any heathen deity, nor were they minced into hours and fretted by the ticking of a clock; for I lived like the Puri Indians, of whom it is said that "for yesterday, today, and tomorrow they have only one word, and they express the variety of meaning by pointing backward for yesterday forward for tomorrow, and overhead for the passing day."

我的日子并非仅仅时间意义上的日子，也没有打上什么神教礼拜的烙印；同样，我的日子也没有割裂成每一个小时而受尽时钟滴答的烦扰。

I was now recover'd from my Surprize, and began to look round me, when I found the Cave was but very small, that is to say, it might be about twelve Foot over, but in no manner of Shape, either round or square, no Hands having ever been employ'd in making it, but those of meer Nature: I observ'd also, that there was a Place at the farther Side of it, that went in farther, but was so low, that it requir'd me to creep upon my Hands and Knees to go into it, and whither I went I knew not; so having no Candle, I gave it over for some Time; but resolv'd to come again the next Day, provided with Candles, and a Tinder-box, which I had made of the Lock of one of the Muskets, with some wild-fire in the Pan.

由于我一直生活在危险之中，因而日夜忧虑，寝食不安，这就扼杀了我为使自己生活舒适方便的发明创造能力。如果我坦诚承认这一点，读者一定不会感到奇怪。我当前最迫切需要解决的是自己的安全问题，而不是食物问题。我连一个钉子都不敢钉，一块木头都不敢劈，生怕声音被别人听见；同样，我更不敢开枪了。尤其叫我担心的是生火这件事，唯恐烟火在白天老远就被人看见而把自己暴露。因此，我把一切需要生火的事，如用锅子烧东西或抽烟斗等都转移到我那林间别墅去做。在那儿，我呆了一段时期之后，发现了一个天然地穴，这使我感到无限的欣慰。地穴很深。我敢保证，即使野人来到洞口，也不敢进去。说实在的，一般人谁都不敢进去，只有像我这样一心一意想寻找安全的藏身之所才会冒险深入。

Singer Leona Lewis and former Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page emerged as the bus transformed into a grass-covered carnival float, and the pair combined for a rendition of "Whole Lotta Love".

歌手leona刘易斯和前率领的飞艇的吉他手吉米页出现巴士转化为基层所涵盖的嘉年华花车，和一双合并为一移交&整个lotta爱&。

This is Kate, and that's Erin.

这是凯特，那个是爱朗。