The teacher should not teach as if he were pouring knowledge into an empty vessel, but rather as if he were lighting a fire.

The invention of the cotton gin was the result of necessity and observation.

向更清洁能源的过渡是不可避免的；那些抗拒的人将被抛在后面。

导演的视野是电影的灵魂；没有它，电影就只是一系列移动的图像。

Sometimes the things that are most real are the things you can't see.

绳：衡量。诬：歪曲、诬蔑。