“妈妈，我的乌龟死了，”小男孩默丁伸出手里的乌龟给妈妈看，悲伤地对她说。
"Mommy, my turtle is dead," the little boy, Myrddin, sorrowfully told his mother, holding the turtle out to her in his hand.
我爱这铺满沙砾的河岸，鸭群在寂静的水塘里呷呷嬉戏，乌龟在阳光下晒暖；夜幕四垂时，漂泊的渔船停泊在高高的水草丛里。
I LOVED the sandy bank where, in the lonely pools, ducks clamoured and turtles basked in the sun; where, with evening, stray fishing-boats took shelter in the shadow by the tall grass.
正如我所说的，我在生活中是只乌龟，这就是我在做所有事情时保持的速度。
As I have already said I am a tortoise in life and this is the pace that I maintain in everything.
我把它命名为…见鬼，乌龟的壳儿叫什么来着？
I'll call it something like... damn, what're those words for a turtle's shell?
我们的速度比乌龟还要慢，只知道电码让我心迷神驰激动不已。
We never got above tortoise speed, but just knowing the code gave me the thrill of that world.
我听着山中打雷和大雨倾泻的声响，打开由木刻乌龟固定着的窗纸，屋外已经是暮色苍茫了，我深深呼吸了一口新鲜的空气。
Opening paper shutters held back by carved wooden turtles, I look out into the semi-dark and smell the fresh air.
过了一会儿我说：“的确，乌龟死了你不会弄痛它，但是踩它的头并不是一个友好的行动。”
After a moment I said, "Yes, the turtle is dead and you won't hurt it, but stepping on his head is not a very nice thing to do."
乌龟一脸迷糊的看着警探，回答：“我什么都不知道，事情发生的太快了。”
The turtle looked at the detective with a confused look on his face and replied "I don't know, it all happened so fast."
在回家的路上侄孙女说：“我真的很像踩那只乌龟的头的。”
On the way back she said, "I really wanted to step on that turtle's head."
我的意思是，我觉得你的努力是很好的，但是世界上到处都是生活在淡水中的乌龟。
I mean, I think your efforts are kind and all, but there are fresh water turtles living in lakes all around the world.
我翻了下档案：大约在1984年左右，俄克拉荷马州的某个军事基地搞过一次有关乌龟的信息发布会。
I check the files: There's a circa-1984 tortoise-related pids from a base in Oklahoma.
我缜妻子的快速反应不仅保证了它不会以“乌龟汤”的形式成为今晚的餐桌一景，而且她接下来的善举还成就了我今天要讲述的一切的基础。
My wife's quick reflexes not only ensured that "turtle soup" would not be for dinner that night, but her act of kindness would eventually become the foundation for everything I teach today.
我用不同的颜色在他的左脸画一只猫和在右脸画了一只的乌龟。
I used different color to draw a cat on his left face and a tortoise on the right side.
我最喜欢的一个寓言是关于乌龟和兔子的。
My favorite fable is the one about the tortoise and the hare.
我要成为“亘古双头乌龟兄弟会”的会员(拖延者社团)假如他们能够组织得起来的话。
I will become a member of the Ancient Order of Two-Headed Turtles (the Procrastinator's Society) if they ever get it organized.
费利佩：好，我来给你解释一下。你知道加拉帕戈斯群岛的巨型乌龟吗？
Felipe: OK. I'll give you a clue. Do you know about the giant turtles of the Galapagos?
乌龟们还在翻着跟头，奥蒂斯拍拍了身上的灰尘，说：我故意这么做的。
As the turtles went tumbling, Otis dusted himself off and said, I meant to do that.
“但是，难道不是所有的淡水乌龟都是伴随着它们壳上的海藻和泡沫、浮渣度过一生的吗？”我问道。
"But don't most freshwater turtles live their whole lives with algae and scum hanging from their shells?" I asked.
哦，我还从没见过会跳高的乌龟呢。但是我想要尾巴。
Oh, I have never seen a jumping turtle before. But what I want is the tail.
大家好，孩子们。我是莉兹，我想给大家讲一个关于乌龟、大象和河马的故事。
Hello children. My name is Liz and I'd like to tell you a story about a tortoise, an elephant, and a hippopotamus.
侄孙女看了乌龟一会儿，然后说：“我想踩它的头。”
She looked at it for a moment and then said, "I want to step on his head."
这些图画让我内心的乌龟感到安全，这样我就不会去想HDP的冒犯。
They help my inner turtle feel safe, so that I don't mirror the aggression of the HDP.
晚饭之后拿了点鱼肉和鸡肉喂我那两只可怜的乌龟，鱼肉它们很喜欢吃，鸡肉只吃了一点。
After dinner I brought some fish and chicken to feed my two poor little turtles, they loved the fish but only ate a little chicken.
兔子认为乌龟跑的非常的慢，有一天他告诉乌龟：‘我的速度是你的十倍’。
The hare thought that tortoise was very slow. 'I can run ten times as fast as you. ' he hold the tortoise one day.
要破除这个符咒，只有一个办法：结婚后我马上离开自己的妻子，到外面去闯荡，夜间作人，白天作乌龟。
There's only one way to break the spell: I must leave my wife right after the wedding and travel around the world, at night as a man and by day as a tortoise.
在尽了全力之后，乌龟则选择改变策略。在人 了全力之后 乌龟则选择改变策略。 改变策略 的一生中，当失败临头时， 的一生中，当失败临头时，有时我需更加努 力。
The tortoise changed his strategy because he was already working as hard as he could. In life, when faced with failure, sometimes it is appropriate to work harder and put in more effort.
在尽了全力之后，乌龟则选择改变策略。在人 了全力之后 乌龟则选择改变策略。 改变策略 的一生中，当失败临头时， 的一生中，当失败临头时，有时我需更加努 力。
The tortoise changed his strategy because he was already working as hard as he could. In life, when faced with failure, sometimes it is appropriate to work harder and put in more effort.
应用推荐