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？
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。
But if instead of chasing sleep you let your body relax and your mind be at ease, sleep will come to you.
但如果不去追逐睡意，而是放松你的身体，让头脑舒适，睡意自然会再次光顾。
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？
In particular, if instead of increasing, the output of Anshan Iron and Steel Company falls short by two or three thousand tons a day, others will be unable to make up the difference.
特别是鞍钢，它的产量要是上不去，一天掉下来两三千吨，别的厂是没有办法补起来的。
If instead of looking at it from the top down, we look at it from the transaction up, it is much easier to understand.
如果我们不自上往下看经济，而是从交易角度往上看，会更容易理解。
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。
If instead of a gem or even a flower, we could cast the gift of a lovely thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.
我们能将一个可爱的思想而不是宝石或者花做为礼物投到朋友的内心，那无疑是天使的馈赠。
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？
If, instead of pyramidal cells, motor neurons are used as network units, network behavior changes drastically.
如果在网络中，用运动神经元代替锥体细胞，网络的行为会大大改观。
If, instead of these things, he gives it to productive labourers to support them during their work, he can, and naturally will, claim a remuneration from the produce.
如果他不这样做，而是将食物给予生产劳动者，使他们在工作期间不致挨饿，他便可以而且自然也会要求从生产出来的产品那里得到报酬。
If, instead of putting at task on a common task list, a single task is assigned to multiple users, similar collision effects can occur.
如果将一个任务分配给多个用户，而不是将一个任务放置到公共任务列表上，也会发生类似的冲突效果。
If, instead of standing around, feeling let down by your mode of transport, you hop on and start riding, you will soon see that the road that now looks so clear yet so long is, in fact, very short.
倘若你不再伫立踌躇为交通工具而不悦，而是跨上它出发，你会发现，眼前漫长的坦途其实很短。
But it might make you even happier if, instead of going home, you stopped for a drink and a snack with friends.
不过，停下来和朋友喝一杯，吃点儿零食，而不是匆忙回家，这样会感觉更快乐。
The next time you're feeling bad, rather than fight it, try to relax. See if, instead of panicking, you can be graceful and calm.
下次在你心情很坏的时候，不要进行心理斗争，放松一点而不是惊惶失措，这样你也可以变得从容、平和。
What if, instead of semi-annual reviews, you go with a system of real-time feedback through a collaborative platform?
如果我们放弃半年一次的绩效评估，借助协作平台采用实时反馈的系统，结果又会如何？
Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.
若我们下定决心勇敢跨过，而非畏缩不前，大多数困难都将融化消散。
What if, instead of typing Mass, the user entered just Ma?
万一用户只想输入Ma，而不是Mass呢？
What if, instead of considering time in terms of astronomy, we related time to ecology?
如果我们把时间和生态联系起来，而不是从天文学的角度来考虑时间，将会如何？
What if, instead of considering time in terms of astronomy, we related time to ecology?
如果我们把时间和生态联系起来，而不是从天文学的角度来考虑时间，将会如何？
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