Knowing what to do is not the same as being able to do it.
知道做什么和能够做什么是不一样的。
It is not clear what they want us to do.
我们不肯定他们要我们做什么。
"Assuming you're right," he said, "there's not much I can do about it, is there?"
“假定你是对的，”他说，“我对此能做的也不多，对吗？”
They do not keep a tally of visitors to the palace, but it is very popular.
他们没有对来宫殿的游客作一个记录，不过这个地方非常受欢迎的。
Go on, you can do it. It's not exactly rocket science, is it?
继续干，你做得到。这并非难事，对吗？
Standing on your head is not yoga. Kids do it all the time; so do circus performers.
倒立不是瑜伽。孩子们总是这样做；马戏团演员也是如此。
It sounds arrogant, but it is the truth: I do not feel I have given out even part of what I can give out.
这听起来很自大，但这是事实：我觉得我没有付出我能付出的，哪怕一部分。
In fact, it is difficult to see how journalists who do not have a clear grasp of the basic features of the Canadian Constitution can do a competent job on political stories.
事实上，如果记者对加拿大宪法的基本特征没有清晰的把握，他们很难胜任报道政治事件的工作。
We do not fight global warming because it is futile to do so.
我们不会与全球变暖作斗争，因为这样做是徒劳的。
What is it that you will not do?
有什么是你不愿做的？
It is also the reason why when we try to describe music with words, all we can do is articulate our reactions to it, and not grasp music itself.
这也是为什么当我们试图用语言描述音乐时，我们所能做的只是表达我们对音乐的反应，而不是领会音乐本身。
We do not even know, for example, how many stars have planets, and we certainly do not know how likely it is that life will arise naturally, given the right conditions.
例如，我们甚至不知道有多少恒星有行星，我们当然也不知道如果有适当的条件，生命自然出现的可能性有多大。
It is my profound belief that not only do we all need nature, but we all seek nature, whether we know we are doing so or not.
我深信，我们不仅都需要自然，而且不管我们是否知道自己正在这样做，我们都在寻找自然。
It is technically incorrect to talk about bat "radar", since they do not use radio waves.
蝙蝠“雷达”这个用语在技术上是错误的，因为它们不使用无线电波。
It is simply a common variant of human nature, one which iconoclasts do not let inhibit their reactions.
这仅仅是人性的常见变化，而反传统的人不会让这种变化抑制了他们的反应。
They do not see it as "real teaching", especially as it does not seem to involve the "work" they have learned to believe is essential to learning.
他们不认为这是“真正的教学”，尤其是因为它似乎不涉及他们认为对学习至关重要的“工作”。
In addition, even when a single gene is found to control a behavior, researchers in different fields do not necessarily agree that it is a "behavioral gene".
此外，即使发现一个基因控制一种行为，不同领域的研究人员也不一定同意它是一种“行为基因”。
It is very important that we must be honest about what we do not know.
最重要的是，对于我们不了解的事情我们必须坦诚交待。
Adult women do not remember being so obsessed with the color, yet it is pervasive in our young girls' lives.
成年女性忘了自己曾如此痴迷于粉红色，但它在我们年轻女孩的生活中无处不在。
It says that the problem is not merely that people do bad science, but that our current system of career advancement positively encourages it.
它认为，问题不只在于人们研究的科学质量低下，而且还在于我们当前的职业发展体系积极鼓励这种做法。
"That is all very well," said he, "but still I do not know what it is to shudder!"
“这很好，”他说，“但我还是不知道害怕是怎么回事！”
The emotional labor women do is noticed only when it is not done.
女性做的情绪劳动只有在没有做的时候才会被注意到。
Participation in a deadly car race gives you the right to cut off your rival, ram his car, hit it in the rear and do anything that is not allowed on the road.
参与到一场死亡赛车中，你拥有阻断对手的权利，冲撞他的赛车，从后面撞它，做任何在公路上不允许的事。
It is not something we can afford to do on a daily basis, and there aren't too many organic farms around here.
这不是我们每天都能负担得起的，而且附近也没有太多的有机农场。
It is plain that, while animals learn about things by their senses as we do, they do not think nearly as much about what they learn.
很明显，虽然动物也像我们一样通过感观来学习，但它们对自己所学的东西思考得并不多。
It is not simple to do every simple thing well.
把每件简单的事做好就不简单。
It is utterly confusing to me that people do not recognize this, despite the fact that pretty much anyone who has been a student can tell the difference between their best and worst teachers.
让我感到非常困惑的是，人们没有意识到这一点，尽管几乎所有学生都能分辨出哪些是最好的老师，哪些是最差的老师。
It is notoriously difficult to teach adults skills that do not have an immediate impact on their everyday lives, and many literacy campaigns in other countries have been much less successful.
众所周知，教成年人一些对他们日常生活没有直接影响的技能是非常困难的，而其他国家的许多扫盲运动都远远没有我们这么成功。
If it is displayed on such occasions, do not allow the flag to fall to the ground, but let it be carried high up in the air to form a feature of the ceremony.
如果在这种场合展示国旗，不要让国旗掉到地上，而是让它高高地悬在空中以构成仪式的特色。
Since that is not so, I suppose I must do it.
既然不是这样，我想我必须这样做。
应用推荐