老朋友

Condi was not running any popularity contest," Stanford political science professor and Rice's longtime friend Coit Blacker told The Washington Post after her appointment as national security adviser."

斯坦福大学的政治学教授 Coit Blacker 是赖斯多年的老朋友，在赖斯被任命为国家安全顾问后，他对华盛顿邮报说：她不搞人气大赛，皆大欢喜。

Now that she is rich, she distains to speak to her old friends.

现在她富了，不屑跟她的老朋友讲话。

Perhaps one day, earthmen will feel like old friends at the first meeting in alien land.

也许多少年以后，在宇宙的另一个星球，地球人碰到地球人，一见也准像老朋友。

I know I am walking on eggshells.

下面说话的人是一对夫妇的老朋友，而这对夫妇正在闹离婚。

Which is the Consequence of a Sugar Work; and I found by this Account, that every Year the Income considerably encreased; but as above, the Disbursement being large, the Sum at first was small: However, the old Man let me see, that he was Debtor to me 470 Moidores of Gold, besides 60 Chests of Sugar, and 15 double Rolls of Tobacco which were lost in his Ship; he having been Ship-wreck'd coming Home to Lisbon about 11 Years after my leaving the Place.

我和这位老朋友又连续商谈了好几天，他就把我种植园最初六年的细账交给了我，上面有我的合股人和两位代理人的签字。当时交出来的都是现货，像成捆的烟叶，成箱的糖；此外，还有糖厂的一些副产品，像糖蜜酒和糖蜜等东西。从账目中我可以看到，收入每年都有增加，但正如上面所提到的，由于开头几年开支较大，实际收入不大。尽管如此，老人家还是告诉我，他欠我四百七十块葡萄牙金币，另外还有六十箱糖和十五大捆烟叶。那些货物在船只开往里斯本的航行中因失事而全部损失了。那是我离开巴西十一年以后发生的事。

But, says the old Man, I have one Piece of News to tell you, which perhaps may not be so acceptable to you as the rest, and that is, That believing you were lost, and all the World believing so also, your Partner and Trustees did offer to accompt to me in your Name, for six or eight of the first Years of Profits, which I receiv'd; but there being at that time, says he, great Disbursements for encreasing the Works, building an Ingenio, and buying Slaves, it did not amount to near so much as afterwards it produced: However, says she old Man, I shall give you a true Account of what I have received in all, and how I have disposed of it.

我和这位老朋友又连续商谈了好几天，他就把我种植园最初六年的细账交给了我，上面有我的合股人和两位代理人的签字。当时交出来的都是现货，像成捆的烟叶，成箱的糖；此外，还有糖厂的一些副产品，像糖蜜酒和糖蜜等东西。从账目中我可以看到，收入每年都有增加，但正如上面所提到的，由于开头几年开支较大，实际收入不大。尽管如此，老人家还是告诉我，他欠我四百七十块葡萄牙金币，另外还有六十箱糖和十五大捆烟叶。那些货物在船只开往里斯本的航行中因失事而全部损失了。

Now, just remember your old pal, Bluto, at the polls today, fellers!

现在，今天在投票站只要记住你们的老朋友布鲁托，小伙子们！

We should not fail to keep this distance merely because someone is an old friend, an old superior , an old subordinate, an old colleague, a schoolmate or a fellow townsman.

不能因为是老朋友，老上司，老部下，老同事，同学，同乡等而废去这个距离。

Many of the FOBs who came illustrated the extent to which I was indebted to my personal friends: Marsha Scott and Martha Whetstone, who organized my campaigns in northern California, were old friends from Arkansas; Sheila Bronfman, leader of the Arkansas Travelers, had lived around the corner from Hillary and me when I was attorney general; Dave Matter, my leader in western Pennsylvania, had succeeded me as class president at Georgetown; Bob Raymar and Tom Schneider, two of my most important fund-raisers, were friends from law school and Renaissance Weekend.

很多&比尔之友&也来了。他们的到场表明，我亏欠这些生活中的朋友太多太多。这些朋友包括玛莎。司科特、玛撒。韦特斯通、希拉。布朗夫曼、戴夫。马特、鲍勃。雷默、汤姆。施奈德。玛莎。司科特和玛撒。韦特斯通是我们在阿肯色州的老朋友，她俩组织了我在加利福尼亚州北部的竞选活动；希拉。布朗夫曼是&阿肯色旅行者&棒球队的领袖，我担任州检察长时，住在我们家那条街的街角；戴夫。马特是我在宾夕法尼亚州西部的竞选组织者，在乔治敦大学时，他曾接替我担任班长；鲍勃。雷默和汤姆。施奈德是我最重要的两名筹款人。这两个朋友，一个是我上法学院时认识的，一个是我参加&复兴周末&时认识的。

Looking at these stars suddenly dwarfed my own troubles and all the gravities of terrestrial life.

在这些闪耀的星点里，一颗明亮的行星慈祥而坚定地闪烁着，就像一张老朋友的脸。

She gently rebuff ed him, but agreed that they could be friends

她婉言拒绝了，但同意作为朋友相处。

If in the penal farm, you were sure to be criticized.

要是在劳改农场，你等着挨绳子吧！