如果你喊“是”，我喊“不是”，我们都学不到什么。
If you yell, "yes," and I yell, "No," neither of us learns anything.
美国西南地区考古学的主要问题是：为什么这么多不俗的定居点，甚至整个西南地区，都在史前时代被遗弃了呢？
Major question in the archaeology of the southwestern region of the United States is why so many impressive settlements, and even entire regions, were abandoned in prehistoric times.
仅仅死学知识的学生是学不到什么东西的。
Students who have learned only facts have learned very little.
简而言之，我认为是学生，而非老师，才是决定学生应该学什么的人。
In simple terms, I think it is the student rather than the teacher who can decide what the student should learn.
也许这么多大学给学生提供的服务太少的原因是：他们知道，即使什么也学不到，在顶尖大学学习仍然是一项明智的投资。
Perhaps the reason why so many universities offer their students so little is they know studying at a top university remains a brilliant investment even if you don't learn anything.
W：我在一年大学教数学，你是做什么工作的？
我是学英语专业的，你学什么专业吗？
我不知道对生物学的‘终极理解’看起来会是什么样子，但有一样事情是肯定的：都是关于如何把方程弄对。
I don't know what the 'ultimate understanding' of biology will look like, but one thing is clear: it's all about getting the equations right.
由于词源学没有博物馆甚至也没有什么研究中心，词典也很少在这等细节上纠缠，在这里说明情况是必要的。
Since there is no museum of etymology or even a center for it and since dictionaries rarely dwell on such details, a post to explain the situation is needed.
现在这个时代是这样的，无论我们学什么新技术，新系统，新风格，新技能，它们全都在变化，所以我们不得不另外学习新的。
Now by the time we master some new technology, system, style, or skill, it all changes, and we have to learn a new one.
我是在教消费者行为学和广告的，但是我谈论最多的是广告和营销对我们人类有什么影响？
I teach consumer behavior and advertising, yet a lot of what I talk about is, How does all this advertising and marketing impact us as human beings?
否则并没有什么东西是会自然进行延展的，几何学里的空间延展也并没暗示出什么。
Because there is nothing in the nature of extension just geometrical extendedness in space that implies any activities.
她表示，她不会在乎自己是否擅长做什么：每年她会学习一项新技能，最近一次学的是意大利语。
She said she doesn't care if she is good at things: every year she learns a new skill, the latest being Italian.
对程序员来说，最有效的离散数学的分支是概率理论。这是你在学校学完基本算术后的紧接着的课。你会问，什么是概率理论呢？
For programmers, the most useful branch of discrete math is probability theory. It's the first thing they should teach you after arithmetic, in grade school.
万一出现差错……任何具有合成生物学威力的技术，必将引起担忧：万一出现差错(无论是意外还是故意滥用)，将会发生什么情况。
Any technology with the power of synthetic biology is bound to arouse concerns about what happens if things going wrong -by accident or through abuse.
万一出现差错……任何具有合成生物学威力的技术，必将引起担忧：万一出现差错(无论是意外还是故意滥用)，将会发生什么情况。
Any technology with the power of synthetic biology is bound to arouse concerns about what happens if things going wrong - by accident or through abuse.
原因似乎是社会学方面的：与那些年老的同事相比，伴着电子通信技术成长起来的年轻的工作人员觉得更没什么必要打印文件。
The explanation seems to be sociological: younger workers, who have grown up with electronic communication, feel less need to print documents than their older colleagues.
当哈珊走进手术室，接待她的是两个传统接生婆，他们都没上过学，没受过训练，也没有什么设备可用。
When Ms.Hassan went into labor, she was looked after by two traditional birth attendants, both of them unschooled, untrained and unequipped.
海德格尔已经告诉我们,从解释学的角度出发我们认知了什么，但是我们是怎么认知的呢？
We know that we've already learned from Heidegger and the hermeneutic tradition that we know them as something, but it remained to show how we know them.
这一切意味着些什么？这是一个系统，是一个宇宙学，如果你愿意的话。，它可用来描述大自然是怎样运行的。
What does all this mean? It's a system - a cosmology if you will - that describes how nature works.
他打了个比方：你在一所所谓的能开启机会之门的大学学什么社会学、英语或是传播学，毕业了做的是却园林景观工作，你这个学位真的有用处吗？
'is a degree in sociology, English or communications from a' door-opening 'school really going to help with that landscaping job that awaits you?' he asks rhetorically.
不是学什么就一定要做什么，机遇是靠自己把握的。
It is up to individuals to seize opportunities. What can be learned in university is limited anyway.
在《诊治大脑：为什么精神病学家的治疗失败？ 》一书中，他指责了当今的精神健康服务业，尤其是精神病学。
Now, in Doctoring The Mind: Why Psychiatric Treatments Fail, he criticises mental health services, and psychiatry in particular.
现在既然华尔街的一套证明是靠不住的那么他们还能向我们学什么呢？
What happens next, now that Wall Street has proven an unreliable compass point?
其实，学什么专业并不重要，重要的是能在将来的工作中把从专业学习中掌握的能力发挥出来。
In fact, what is more important is if and how you are going to apply what you have learned in the major to your future work. Major and work don't always match.
你是学什么专业的？
就像学吉他或足球，只试一两次是不会有什么效果的？
It's like playing the guitar or soccer, it might not work too well the first or second time you try it.
Ellison说道，“我们的生物学是进化的权衡结果，所以了解这些历史和过程中的冲突可以帮助医学家们理解为什么我们会生病以及我们怎样才能保持健康。”
Our biology is the result of many evolutionary tradeoffs, and understanding these histories and conflicts can really help the physician understand why we get sick and what we might do to stay healthy.
Ellison说道，“我们的生物学是进化的权衡结果，所以了解这些历史和过程中的冲突可以帮助医学家们理解为什么我们会生病以及我们怎样才能保持健康。”
Our biology is the result of many evolutionary tradeoffs, and understanding these histories and conflicts can really help the physician understand why we get sick and what we might do to stay healthy.
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