Wait, but what if instead of a black hole, we built a worm hole?
等等，如果我们造出的不是黑洞而是虫洞呢？
What if instead of joining a health insurance plan, you could buy a membership directly from a hospital or doctor?
除了加入某个健康保险计划一途外，如果你直接花钱成为某医院或医生的会员那会怎样？
So we started thinking, what if instead of copying the classics with a new spin, the original films had never been made?
因此我们开始思考，如果不以新方式复制经典，而是原版影片根本就不存在，会怎么样？
If instead of recommending things, machines would filter things we definitely won't like, we might be more forgiving and understanding.
如果机器过滤掉那些我们一定不会喜欢的，而不是给我们推荐一些东西，我们可能会更加地宽容和给予更多的理解。
Imagine if instead of keys for individual letters, a keyboard displayed keys for entire words. That would make things quite slow and awkward.
设想，如果键盘上的每个键不是代表一个字母而是每个键都表示一个单词，那么使用起来将多么缓慢而笨拙。
If instead of distracting yourself away from negativity, you refocused with positive thoughts about your workweek, how much more productive could you be?
与其让自己一直被消极所干扰，不如转念关注那些有关工作周的积极想法，你还能再有效率多少？
If, instead of two thousand, I should find five thousand--or one hundred thousand?
如果不是两千，我找到的是五千，或者是十万呢？
Medicare could save hundreds of millions of dollars a year if everyone used the cheaper drug, Avastin, instead of the costlier one, Lucentis.
如果每个人都使用更便宜的药物安维汀，而不是更昂贵的雷珠单抗，那么医疗保障每年就可以节省数亿美元。
For example, you may have to pay for any food or drinks you have on the plane, and you may have to pay extra if you check baggage instead of carrying it on the plane.
例如，你可能需要为飞机上的任何食物或饮料付钱；如果你选择托运行李而不是带其上飞机，你可能需要额外付钱。
If a bird sits still, instead of gathering the food God has provided for them, they will starve.
如果一只鸟静静的坐着，而不是收集神已经给他们提供食物，他们就会饿死。
If my car had been more reliable, I would have driven to Lhasa instead of flying last summer.
如果我的车更可靠点，去年夏天我就会开车去拉萨而不是乘飞机去。
Whether it is to get to the store or get home, or if it is climbing the stairs instead of taking the lift, remembering a "Because I can" idea is an easy way to add more activities to your life.
不管是去商店还是回家，或者是爬楼梯而不是乘电梯，记住“因为我能”的想法是为你的生活增添更多精彩的简单方法。
If people could go to work by bus or by bike instead of car or motorbike, it would be helpful in fighting against the problem of SO2.
如果人们可以乘公共汽车或骑自行车去上班，而不是乘汽车或骑摩托车，这将有助于对抗二氧化硫的问题。
He refused to develop projection technology, reasoning that if he made and sold projectors, then exhibitors would purchase only one machine—a projector—from him instead of several.
他拒绝研发投影技术，理由是：如果他研发并且销售放映机，电影放映者们就只会从他那里买一台机器，而不是几台。
If necessary, we can use aluminum instead of steel.
如果必要，我们可用铝代替钢。
All I said was if he didn't get out and start selling a few cars instead of idling around all day, he might find himself looking for a new job.
我只是说，要是他不出去卖几辆车，而成天无所事事的话，他可能就要去找一份新工作了。
He looked as if he were made of flesh instead of ivory or wax.
他看上去好像是有血有肉的，而不是象牙或蜡做的。
Instead of waiting to see if tears will help, some people use goggles.
有些人不是等着看眼泪是否会起作用，而是用护目镜。
Instead of saying something like, "If we set an end-of-quarter deadline, we will never make it," say, "This is just my opinion, but I don't see how we will make that deadline."
与其说“如果我们设定了季度末的最后限期，我们将永远无法完成”这样的话，不如说：“仅代表个人看法，但我不知道我们怎样才能在截止日期前完成。”
What would happen if educators instead took advantage of the fact that teens are powerfully compelled to think in social terms?
青少年会受到强烈的驱动，从社交角度进行思考，若教育者利用这一事实的话，会发生什么？
If necessary, we can use aluminium instead of steel.
如果必要，我们可用铝代钢。
If necessary, we can use aluminium instead of steel.
如果必要，我们可用铝代钢。
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