what is a weed? —a plant whose virtues have not been discovered.
什么是杂草？——杂草是一种利用价值尚未被发现的植物。——emerson
the man of science does not discover in order to know; he wants to know in order to discover.
科学家并非为了知道什么而寻求发现；他们是为了有所发现而想知道什么。
——a. n. whitehead
animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
动物是如此怡人的朋友，它们不问任何问题，也不提出批评。——george eliot
heaven knows what seeming nonsense may not tomorrow be demonstrated truth.
天知道今天看来是胡言乱语的东西明天会不会被证明是真理呢？ ——a. n. whitehead
that is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to the pertinent answer.
科学的本质是：问一个不恰当的问题，于是走上了通往恰当答案的路。
—jacob bronowski
the danger of the past was that men became slaves. the danger of the future is that men may become robots.
在过去人们面临的危险是变成奴隶，而在将来危险是人类可能变成机器人。—erich fromm
knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.
知识是一宝库，而实践就是开启宝库大门的钥匙。—fuller
the golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
真正的`金科玉律就是世上并无金科玉律。—g.b.shaw
the lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood.
热爱大自然的人内外感觉协调一致，即使进入成年后依然保持着童心。
—emerson
ten men banded together in love can do what ten thousand separately would fail in.
以爱心聚在一起的十个人能够完成一万个分散的人做不到的事情。—thomas carlyle imagination is not to be divorced from the facts.
想象不应脱离现实。—a.n. whitehead there are two sides to every story ..at least.
每个故事都可以从两个方面看，至少两个方面。—ann landers
today is not yesterday. we ourselves change. how then can our works and thoughts, if they are always to be fittest, continue always the same?
今天不同于昨天。我们自己也在改变。那么，我们的著作和思想，如果想永远不过时，怎么能始终不改变呢？ —thomas carlyle
英语辩论万能句子
1. stating an opinion 陈述观点
a. in my opinion… 我的意见是……
b. personally I think…… 我个人认为……
c. I believe that…… 我相信……
d. I think that…… 我觉得……
e. the point is that…… 关键是……, 要点是.....
f. if you ask me…… 如果你问我……
g. I’d like to say this： …… 我会这样说……
h. I’d like to point out that 我想指出的是……
i. speaking for myself 站在自己的立场上说……
j. as far as I’m concerned， … 就我而言，……
k. in my experience… 根据我的经验……
2. challenging an opinion 质疑某种观点
a. that can’t be true 那不可能是真的。
b. but what about…? 但关于……方面呢?
3. clarifying a point 阐述观点
a. what I said was… 我刚才说的是……
b. what I mean to say was… 我的意思是说……
c. let me repeat what I said. 让我重复我刚才所说的。
d. let me rephrase what I said. 让我重申刚才所说的。
4. agreeing with an opinion 同意观点
a. of course 当然。
b. right. 是的。
c. exactly. 对。
d. that’s true. 是那样。
e. so do I. (neither do I.) 我也这样认为。(不这样认为。)
f. I agree completely. 我完全赞同。
g. I agree with you entirely. 我完全同意你所说的。
h. you’re absolutely right. 显然你是对的。
i. that’s a good point. 这个看法不错。
j. I couldn’t agree with you more. 我绝对赞成你。
k. that’s just what I think. 我就是那样认为的
l. I feel the same way. 我也持同样的想法。
5. disagreeing with an opinion 反对意见。
a. however， … 然而……
b. I’m afraid i disagree. 恐怕我是持反对意见的。
c. I don’t think so. 我不那样认为d. I don’t think… 我认为……不是那样的。
e. on the other hand… 另一方面……
f. on the contrary. 相反的。
g. that’s not (entirely) true. 那不(完全)正确。
h. I can’t possibly agree with you. 我不可能同意你。
i. I hate to disagree with you， but… 我不喜欢反对你，但……
j. all right， but don’t you think…? 好吧，但难道你不觉得……
k. but that’s different. 但那是不一样的。
6. asking for an opinion 询问意见
a. well…what do you think (about…)? …你觉得怎么样?
b. do you agree? (don’t you agree?) 你同意吗?(你是不是同意?)
c. what’s your view on the matter? 就这件事你的看法呢?
d. how do you see it? 你怎么看它?
e. let’s have your opinion. 让我们听听你的意见!
f. do you think that…? 你认为……吗?
7. summarizing a discussion 讨论总结
a. then we agree. 然后我们取得一致。
b. basically we’re in agreement. 我们基本上有共识。
c. I think we have agreed to disagree. 我想我们有相同点和不同点。
d. I see we have different opinions. 我知道我们意见有分歧
