As another returning student at Columbia, Kate Marber, told me, "We are learning not only all this information, but essentially how to learn again."
哥伦比亚大学的另一位返校生凯特·马伯告诉我：“我们不仅在学习所有信息，而且本质上是在学习如何再次学习。”
Before visiting senior men in the nursing home, we are told to be on our best behaviour by our teacher.
在去敬老院看望老人之前，我们的老师叮嘱我们要举止得体。
As a preventative measure, we are told to let in fresh air by opening the windows and not to use the air conditioners.
作为一项预防措施，我们被告知要打开窗户让新鲜空气进来，而不要使用空调。
We are told from a young age that it is impolite not to shake hands when we meet people.
我们从小就被告知见面时不握手是不礼貌的。
We are often told to calm down in face of danger.
我们经常被告知面对危险要冷静下来。
They chatted briefly and often shook hands with the people who came (we are told that they are ordinary users of the food bank and did not know the First Family was coming).
他们简短的交谈，还经常跟前来领取食物的人们握手。 （我们被告知前来领取食物的人们都是普通的受众，根本都还不知道第一家庭来了）。
We are told at school to report bullies to the teacher.If you like, I will tell my teacher about you.
在学校，我们都是向老师举报那些爱欺负人的同学，如果您愿意，我可以把您的情况告诉我的老师。
The next, we are told to live in the now and be thankful for what we have.
一边，又有人告诉我们要为现在而活，要对我们所拥有的充满感恩。
We are told that given eternity, this is a task that could be accomplished, always supposing somebody were there to whisk away the sheets whenever they wrote a word and finally put it back together.
我们听说，如果有足够时间的话，这是一个能够完成的任务，假设某人总是在那拿开纸张，每当他们写下一个词语的时候，最后再把它放回一起。
By accepting what we are told and experience life can be easier.
接受我们被告知和经历过的一切，生活会更简单。
We are told it is not safe to stay close.
有人告诉我们，再在这儿呆下去很不安全。
Arts and Humanities, we are told, are useless for the making of technological innovation.
我们被教导说艺术与人文对于技术革新是无用的。
We cannot get off to help as we are told we are likely to beat our driver and us.
我们被告知不能下车去救援伤员，因为我们和司机都有可能挨打。
Throughout the New Testament, we are told to walk in wisdom, love, light, and obedience.
正如新约中讲到的，人们被教导要走向智慧、爱、以及光明。
So initially the ponderous shield is of an "ethereal temper," we are told.
最初我们被告知“,那个沉重的盾牌是坚厚而庞大的。
Sometimes we are told that happiness has failed to increase because the benefits of economic growth have been offset by a breakdown in family and community relationships.
有时候，我们被告知，幸福程度之所以没有上升，是因为家庭和邻里关系破裂在抵消经济增长的益处。
We are told that the company is preparing a statement for possibly later tonight, or tomorrow morning.
我们被告知，该公司正在准备一份可能今晚稍晚或明早要用的声明。
The HIV infection rate in this group has doubled, we are told.
我们被告知，HIV的感染率在这一群体中居然是加倍的。
We are told deliveries will take one to two weeks from that date. We have had to delay our programme.
他们告诉我们，发货要用一到两周的时间，我们必须延迟我们的计划了。
The first step, we are told, was to sit down with representatives from the insurance and pharmaceutical industries to work out a deal.
第一步，我们必须，坐下来与来自保险和医药行业的代表一起协商，达成一个方案。
We are told this flame represents the "Olympic spirit," a spirit that burns strongest in the heart of the Olympic athlete.
我们认为奥林匹克火焰代表了“奥林匹克精神”，这种精神在奥林匹克参赛选手心中熊熊燃烧。
We are told not to dwell on this terrible thing, that the roads are so bad this is a common occurrence.
我们被告知不要再去想这件可怕的事情，路况很差，这种事故很平常。
Think SOM’s Burj Dubai, which, we are told, is designed “to embody the world’s highest aspirations”.
想象一下SOM的迪拜塔，那个被人们口传的，被设计成“体现世界上最高的愿望”建筑。
It's a theme repeated endlessly in wildlife documentaries. Again and again we are told how perfectly animals are adapted to their environment. It is, however, seldom true.
这是一个野生动物纪录片里没完没了重复不断的主题。这些纪录片一次又一次地告诉人们，动物是多么完美地适应它们的环境。然而，事实难得如此。
It's a theme repeated endlessly in wildlife documentaries. Again and again we are told how perfectly animals are adapted to their environment. It is, however, seldom true.
这是一个野生动物纪录片里没完没了重复不断的主题。这些纪录片一次又一次地告诉人们，动物是多么完美地适应它们的环境。然而，事实难得如此。
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