Just one part of what he said got picked up by the media and took on a life of its own.
媒體對他所說的話斷章取義並發展到無法控制的地步了。
He picked up a mirror and examined his tongue.
他拿了面镜子细看自己的舌头。
He picked flowers for her.
他为她摘了些花。
She picked up one of the glass vases.
她拿了其中一个玻璃花瓶。
She picked up beautiful stones.
她捡了许多漂亮的小石头。
She picked me an apple.
她給我摘了一個蘋果。
She bent down and picked up the coin.
她彎低身子,把錢幣撿了起來。
She picked flowers in the garden.
她在花園裡摘花。
Once you've picked up a stone that you like, take it home as soon as you can and treat it well, because that's the only stone you've got.
一旦撿到一顆你喜歡的石頭,盡快將它帶回家並好好對待它,因為那是妳唯一得到的石頭。
I bet you'd never heard of a Stroh violin before Tom Waits dug it back up! Anyway, it used a large metal horn as its resonator instead of a wooden box so it could be picked up better by recording equipment before the late 1920s.