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She was brilliant at math.

她数学很好

You know, I guess they still had these things where you crank them and things added up,

我猜他们在组装东西的地方 仍然有那些东西

and she could add it in her head faster than the machine could do it.

她在脑中组装的比机器都要快

She was absolutely amazing in that.

在那方面她真是太神奇了

She was very dutiful about taking care of the kids,but you didn't get the same feeling of,of love.

在照顾孩子方面她也很尽责 但你没有感受到同样的爱

It was there, but it just,it didn't come out the same way as with my dad.

但是 就是和我父亲给予的爱有所不同

In the nation, the only permanent way to prosperity is a balanced budget.

在这个国家 通向繁荣的唯一永恒道路是平衡预算

Unless that goal is achieved,all post-war plans will collapse like Hitler's conquest.

除非目的达到 所有的战后计划都会像希特勒的侵略一样土崩瓦解

You have heard Congressman Howard L.H. Buffett,a Republican member of the House of Representatives from Nebraska speaking on the,

你听到的是共和党众议员霍华德巴菲特在内布拉斯加的讲话

When I was about 12 or 13, we moved to Washington, my family, and I was mad.

当我12或13岁时 我们搬到了华盛顿 我们家和我都是一团糟

I was having fun in Omaha,and I lost all my friends,

我之前还在奥马哈享受乐趣 我还失去了所有的朋友

and now I moved to a town where they were all strange,and so I was very, very unhappy.

现在我搬到了全是陌生人的地方 所以我非常非常不开心

At school,I just lost interest.

在学校 我失去了兴趣

I took pleasure in tormenting my teachers.

我以折磨我的老师们为乐

At that time for example,AT and T was the stock that all teachers owned for their retirement,

例如当时 AT和T是所有老师为退休而都持有的股票

and I decided that it would drive my teachers a little crazy if I went and short the stock, because when you go short a stock,

我认为如果我卖空这个股票 会让我的老师们陷入疯狂 因为当你卖空这个股票

you're betting that it will go down.

你就是押注它会下跌

So I shorted 10 shares of AT and T,and then brought the confirmation to school and showed these teachers I was shorting the stock.

所以我卖空了10份额的AT和T 然后我带着证明去学校 向老师展示我卖空了那支股票

They found me a big pain in the neck, but they did think I knew a lot about stocks.

他们觉得我非常讨厌 但是他们觉得我很懂股票

词汇解析

1、brilliant

聪颖的；技艺高超的

She had a brilliant mind.

她头脑聪明。

It was his brilliant performance in 'My Left Foot' that established his reputation.

他在《我的左脚》中的精彩表演使他一举成名。

非常好的；很棒的；出色的

If you get a chance to see the show, do go,it's brilliant.

如果你有机会去看那个演出，你一定要去 棒极了！

My sister's given me this brilliant book.

我的姐姐给了我这本非常好看的书。

成功的；辉煌的

He served four years in prison, emerging to find his brilliant career in ruins.

他坐了4年牢，出狱后发现自己的辉煌事业已不复存在。

The raid was a brilliant success.

这次偷袭非常成功。

2、go down

（价格、水平或数量）下降，下跌

Income from sales tax went down.

来自销售税的收入下降了。

Crime has gone down 70 percent.

犯罪率下降了70%。

跪下；趴下

I went down on my knees and prayed for guidance.

我跪了下来，祈求得到指引。

引起…反响；得到…回应

Solicitors advised their clients that a tidy look went down well with the magistrates.

律师告诫当事人穿戴整洁会赢得地方法官的好感。