People matter because of what they are, not what they have.
人重要的不在于他们拥有什么，而在于他们是什么样的人。
它们是什么做的？
What kind of newspapers are they?
它们是哪种类型的报纸？
What kind good people they are to think of a poor old woman like me!
她们是多么善良的人啊，竟会考虑到我这样一个可怜的老太婆！
But what sort of tricks are they?
但它们是些什么类型的技巧呢？
How do they pronounce words? What are the rhythmic structures of how they speak?
他们是怎么发音的？他们说话时的韵律结构是怎样的？
When highly gifted students in any domain talk about what was important to the development of their abilities, they are far more likely to mention their families than their schools or teachers.
当在任何领域极具天赋的学生谈论什么对他们能力的发展是重要的，他们更可能提到他们的家庭，而不是他们的学校或老师。
Most of them are paid for what they do, whether they are doing maintenance or cooking and cleaning.
他们中的大多数人都是按他们所做的事情来取得报酬的，不管他们是做维修工作，还是做饭、打扫卫生。
Regardless of who they are or what they do, Americans spend more time at work than at any time since World War II.
不管他们是谁或做什么工作，美国人花在工作上的时间比二战以来任何时候都要多。
They take the fear out of what are huge behemoths, but it means we turn them into cuddly toys, which they are not.
它们消除了巨大的庞然大物带来的恐惧，但这意味着我们将它们变成了可爱的玩具，这并非是它们本来的样子。
Yet despite the muddle over what the markers of class are these days, 71% of those polled by YouGov still said they found it very or fairly easy to figure out which class others belong to.
然而，尽管这些日子里人们对阶级的标志是什么还很困惑，但在 YouGov 的民意调查中，71%的受访者仍然表示，他们发现要弄清楚其他人属于哪个阶级是非常或相当容易的。
We all know that what our parents do are out of love and kindness. But, we hope that they can give us some personal space.
我们都知道父母所做的一切都是出于爱和善意。但是，我们希望他们能给我们一些私人空间。
They are only doing what is necessary to prevent wholesale destruction of vegetation.
他们只是在做为防止植被遭大规模破坏而必须做的事情。
They are still temporizing in the face of what can only be described as a disaster.
眼看着灾难来临，他们还在拖延时间。
They are fighting to save what is left of their business.
他们在拼命抢救他们仅余的业务。
The old should earn the respect of the young for what they have done instead of how old they are.
老年人应该通过他们的行为赢得年轻人的尊重，而不是因为他们的年龄。
When you analyze this light, you can figure out their distance from the Earth, and identify what they are made of, determine their chemical composition.
当你分析这些光的时候，你可以计算出它们与地球的距离，并确定它们由什么构成，查明它们的化学成分。
什么性质的工作？
Some parents are eager to map their children's life out. But sometimes, they ignore what kind of life their children really want.
有些父母急于为他们的孩子筹划人生。但有时，他们忽略了孩子真正想要的生活是什么。
It would be interesting to discover how many young people go to university without any clear idea of what they are going to do afterwards.
看看有多少年轻人上了大学却不清楚自己以后要做什么，这将是一件很有趣的事。
What they are certainly not finding, however, is any change in attitude of mainstream scientists: most still totally reject the very idea of telepathy.
然而，他们肯定没有发现主流科学家的态度有任何改变：大多数人仍然完全拒绝心灵感应的想法。
Part of this ability is that they can infer what others know or are thinking.
他们的一部分能力就是能够推断出他人知道或者正在想的事情。
That kind of thinking is a mistake, because when the dust settles, people are going to be pretty much what they are.
这种想法是错误的，因为当尘埃落定时，人们还会是他们以前的样子。
No matter what level of exposure of smoke you have, your lung cells know it and they are responding.
无论你暴露在何种程度的烟雾环境中，你的肺部细胞都知道并且会做出反应。
I know some of the other presentations are looking at food and farming methods and what they do to the environment, so I think we'll avoid that.
我知道其他的一些演讲是关于食物和耕作方法以及它们对环境的影响的，所以我想我们会避免这些话题。
They are the ladies of the court; I must go down and see what they are about!
她们是宫女；我必须下去看看她们在干什么！
Most journals are weak in statistical review, and this damages the quality of what they publish.
数据审查是大多数杂志的薄弱环节，而这会损害出版物的质量。
We have all heard of toadstools and know that they are poisonous, but what many people don't know is that a toadstool is actually a mushroom.
我们都听说过伞菌并且知道它们都是有毒的，但是很多人并不知道伞菌也是蘑菇的一种。
According to a pediatrician, no matter what kind of play children engage in, they are learning how to create things.
一位儿科医生表示，无论孩子们玩哪种游戏，他们都在学习如何创造东西。
He says, "People are sort of fact checking what they have heard from a doctor."
他说：“人们有点像是在核实他们从医生那里听到的事实。”
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