大卫：那有何作用？
Others think that the rules for what is "musical" are hardwired in our brains to some degree.
其他人认为，我们的大脑对什么东西是“悦耳的”在某种程度上有其内在的标准。
If we're talking about the benefits to society, the only thing that matters is what the major enables the student to produce for society.
如果说到对社会的益处，那么唯一重要的因素就是该专业可以帮助学生为社会创造什么。
I think what I put in that book is now pretty much the agenda for this country.
我认为我在那本书里写的正是该国目前亟待解决的问题。
Her research suggests that Smith's reputation today is a travesty of what he really stood for.
她的研究表明，史密斯如今的声誉是对他原本立场的嘲弄。
It is what is fit for the earnest love that is working for truth.
与真诚的爱相符的才是为真理效劳的。
If you are going to spend some money, what I'd recommend more than anything else is that you invest in some well-made window locks for your house.
如果你打算花钱的话，我最建议你为你的住宅买一些制作精良的窗户锁。
But for a country that tightly cites patriotism as one of its core values, the U.S. is taking a pass on what might be the most patriotic struggle of all.
但对于一个强调将爱国主义作为其核心价值观之一的国家来说，美国却忽视了一场可能最能体现爱国主义的斗争。
That is what provides the water for Dew Pond, the moist air under the spreading yews and figs below it, and the soil.
这就是露水池的水源头，是下方大片的紫杉和无花果树所需潮湿空气的来源，也是土壤的来源。
Among the annoying challenges facing the middle class is one that will probably go unmentioned in the next presidential campaign: What happens when the robots come for their jobs?
中产阶级面临的恼人挑战之一是：当机器人要抢占他们的工作时，他们该怎么办？而这个问题在下届总统竞选中很可能被忽略。
The chief source of all this passion is that thought for what is absent and future, which, with man, exercises such a powerful influence upon all he does.
这种激情的主要来源是对所缺少的和未来的思考，这种思考和人一起，对他所做的一切产生了如此强有力的影响。
What is that crystal vase for?
那个水晶花瓶是用来做什么的?
"What is happening here reflects a national anti-intellectual trend that will not prepare our children for the future," Jia said.
“这里发生的一切反映了一种全国性的反知识分子趋势，这种趋势不会让我们的孩子为未来做好准备。”贾说。
What parents do, in other words, is of deep concern to the state, for the obvious reason that caring for children is not only morally urgent but essential for the future of society.
换句话说，父母所做的事是国家所深切关注的，原因很明显，照顾孩子不仅在道德上是非常需要的而且对社会的未来至关重要。
Practice does change the brain, he allows, but what is questionable is the assertion that these changes affect other brain regions, such as those responsible for spatial reasoning or math problems.
他承认，练习确实会改变大脑，但值得怀疑的是认定这些改变会影响负责空间推理或数学问题等其他大脑区域的主张。
The fact that the only problem you're having is the lack of what your expressing and need for.
事实上，你唯一的问题就是缺乏你所表达的和需要的。
A block of space usually is for a day, and there is enough space for you to write down what you need to do on that certain day.
一个大块的空页面通常就写一天的内容，有足够的空间让你写下那天你需要做什么。
Sometimes it's only when a difficulty is removed that we realise what it was doing for us.
有时候，只有当困难被克服了，我们才会意识到它为我们做了什么。
Teach your child what is needed in certain disasters so that they know what is available for them, if ever needed.
教你的孩子在某些灾难中需要什么，这样他们就知道如果需要的话，他们可以得到什么。
This is what she got for that.
而这就是她所得的报应。
What is in question is not the retrieval of an absolute, fixed or "true" meaning that can be read off and checked for accuracy, or some timeless relation of the text to the world.
问题不在于检索那些能够读出且能检验正误的绝对的、固定的或“真实的”意思，也不在于找出文本与世界的某些永恒联系。
The problem with being a grown up is that there's an awful lot of serious stuff to deal with—work, mortgage payments, figuring out what to cook for dinner.
成年人的问题是，有一大堆重要的事情要处理——工作、按揭贷款、弄清楚晚餐该做什么。
Descartes thinks that since our senses can deceive us, we ought not take for granted that what they tell us is really true.
笛卡尔认为，既然我们的感官可以欺骗我们，我们就不应该理所当然地认为感官告诉我们的都是真的。
Next time somebody tells you that something is true, why not say to them, "What kind of evidence is there for that?"
下次有人告诉你某件事是真的，为什么不问问他们：“这有什么证据？”
Perhaps this is what photos are for: to remind us that we all appreciate beauty, that we all share a common desire for pleasure, for connection, for something that is greater than us.
也许这就是照片的作用：提醒我们都欣赏美丽的事物，提醒我们都想要得到快乐，想要与人联系，想变得更加优秀。
The problem with being a grownup is that there's an awful lot of serious stuff to deal with—work, mortgage payments, figuring out what to cook for dinner.
长大后的问题是，有一大堆重要的事情要处理，从工作、按揭贷款到晚餐该做什么。
Now, what we do have clear evidence for is that people are developing friendships and professional networks in a way that wasn't possible before, the process is faster.
现在，我们确实有明确的证据表明，人们正在以一种以前不可能的方式发展友谊和专业网络，而且这个过程发展得更快了。
Only put in the pack what is needed for that day.
包里只放当天需要的东西。
It's a freedom that, of course, Parliament had pushed for, but now what they've got there is some misgiving.
当然，这是一种议会推崇的自由，但是现在他们在那里得到的只是一些疑虑。
It is another kind of language that he represents that will be that kind of germ of what Sal is looking for.
他所代表的另一种语言将是萨尔所要寻找的语言的起源。
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