It's pretty much the same thing. In writing, you have a blank page for you to start with.

VOA: special.2011.08.08

I am the dancer and this is the dance I am doing and obviously they're not the same thing," right?

我就是舞者，这是我在跳的舞蹈,显然这二者不一样“，是吧？

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

I think there's the old saying, "You can't run before you walk." and I think it's basically the same thing about writing.

有句俗话叫，“你不能未立先走。”我觉得写作跟这个是一个道理。

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Many people did the same thing. They bought supplies in the United States and moved them to Dawson.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

Science is very hostile to innovation when it challenges existing theory, sort of like management, the same thing.

科学对创新是有敌意的,当创新在挑战已存在的理论，跟管理一样，同样的道理。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

Zach Howell,president of the College Republican National Committee, could have said the same thing two years ago.

VOA: special.2010.10.28

Most athletes would say the same thing, "I'm just being myself, doing what feels natural and just enjoying it."

很多运动员都会说一样的话，做回自我，顺其自然,享受比赛“

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Paul examined the bracelet and decided that he could make the same thing -- for much less.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

If they're really, bottom line, metaphysically speaking, the same thing, then you couldn't have one without the other after all.

如果从形而上学的角度说,它们终归是一体的,那你根本不可能将两者分离开来

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

People often use the words Sprint Cup and NASCAR as if they were the same thing.

VOA: special.2009.04.10

But I feel the same thing often when my son brings his friends, maybe that I've known for a long time.

但我也感觉得到,尤其是我儿子带朋友回来时，也许我早认识了。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

I looked hard at him. I could not have been more surprised if he has said the same thing about Nepoleon, or Socrates,or Solomon.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

And we're going through in France the same thing now with the War of Algeria too--but more about that later.

现在在法国又是这样了,阿尔及利亚战争也是,以后再讲

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

I looked hard at my friend. I could not have been more surprised if he has said the same thing about Nepoleon,or Socrates,or Solomon.

VOA: special.2011.03.26

So, the curious thing about recursion is that pretty much always can you implement this idea of doing the same thing again and again and again but with smaller bytes each time.

可见，递归算法中新奇的一点是,为了实现一个想法,你可以一遍又一遍地做相同的事情,但每次的规模都会有所减小。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Nash did the same thing with music by layering sounds and creating an unusual timing.

VOA: special.2010.03.24

Now this will become a problem obviously when we talk about Judaism, because Jews--the Greek rulers, were trying to do the same thing with Jewish gods and Jewish figures, as they had elsewhere.

显然，这种方法用在犹太教会产生问题，因为犹太人。。。希腊统治者试图用，同样的方法，处理犹太神。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

The same thing that happened at the Democratic convention now happened at the Whig convention.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

Well, we're talking about a pretty high number here, so to make counting easier, we'll just say 10 lone pairs, because 20 lone pair electrons is the same thing as 10 lone pairs.

好吧，我们这里讨论的是一个挺大的数，为了数起来更容易，我们就说有十对孤对电子，因为二十个跟十对是一个意思。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

They did the same thing to whites who tried to organize or help blacks.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

Notice what this does. Certainly the heart of it, right in here, is still the same thing.

注释代码进行的操作，当然代码的核心，也就是这里。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

The same thing happened when Kansas finally held an election for a legislature.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

This is a sort of stripped-down version without all the fanciness but it tests exactly the same thing.

这是个没有花俏的简体版,但也同样是在检测错误信念

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The same thing happened with the disputed votes of Louisiana and South Carolina.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

That's a very important part of Star Festival just as I share my stories with you, I would like you to share stories with me and with others who are doing exactly the same thing that you will be doing.

那是“七夕“中很重要的一部分,正如我与你们分享我的故事一样，我希望你也能与我,和其他人分享你的故事,他人或许正在做你将要做的。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

The same thing happened in the Shenandoah River Valley northwest of Richmond.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

Diversification and pooling are really the same thing but we had a separate set of institutions.

分摊和汇聚实质上是一回事,只是我们有不同的机构

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"Another way of looking at it is that a free agent in a sports league is the same thing as anybody else in the United States labor market.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

The fact that I have one, you know, five hundred thousandth of the vote for one representative in congress is not the same thing as my having the ability to decide for myself how to use my property rights.

事实是，我只有一张选票，50万选民才票选出,一位国会议员,这与我能自己决定如何行使我的财产权,是两回事。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

I pay $675 a month and my roommate pays the same thing. So together, it's $1,350 a month,

我一个月要出675美元，我的室友也出这么多钱。所以，一个月一共是1350美元，

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