Section Two: What Could It Be?
第二篇这会是什么呢？
可能是什么病？
He must have known this message was bad news, but what could it be?
他知道这一定是个坏消息，但是这是个什么样的坏消息呢？
Well, if it isn’t intelligence or better analysis, then what could it be?
嗯，如果不是智力或更好的分析，那么会是什么？
I knew what it meant: The handrail could be completely pulled off and the safety tether might break, and I might therefore be pushed into space.
我知道这意味着什么：扶手可能会被完全扯下来，安全绳可能会断裂，我可能因此被推到太空中去。
What that meant was that the sky could be partitioned, divided up, much more symmetrically than it could farther away from the equator.
这意味着天空可以被分割开来，比远离赤道的地方要对称得多。
I would be grateful if he could cast an expert eye over it and tell me what he thought of it.
如果他能以专家的眼光看一下它并告诉我他的想法，我将不胜感激。
It could be that what you want just drops into your lap without you knowing about it.
很有可能你想要的东西，在不经意间就到来了。
A well-organized desk could greatly improve your learning efficiency because it would be more easy to get what you need.
一张井井有条的书桌可以极大地提高你的学习效率，因为这样你就能更容易地拿到需要的东西。
I've thought about it—so that's where I write about what could be done about the problems.
我考虑过这个问题了，所以我在这里写下了解决这些问题的方法。
Companies could be forced to reveal to consumers what information they hold and how much money they make from it.
企业可能会被迫向消费者揭示他们拥有的信息以及从中赚取的利润。
Only those who forced themselves to chat because it was required by the experiment found out what a pleasant experience it could be.
只有那些因为实验要求而强迫自己聊天的人，才发现这是一种多么愉快的体验。
Mangosteen could be one of the possible remedies for allergic rhinitis because it blocks histamine production, but what about inflammation?
山竹果可以作为治疗过敏性鼻炎的一种方法了，因为它可以抑制组织胺的产生，但炎症怎么办呢？
What I'm saying is, I loved my university because it taught us all to be resourceful and we could make what we wanted out of it.
我想说的是，我爱我的大学，因为大学教会我们所有人变得足智多谋，而且从中得到我们想要的东西。
It sounded amazing! Do you know what it could be?
它的声音美妙极了！你知道它可能是什么吗？
If you could do any job for a day, what would it be?
如果有一天你可以做任何一份工作，你想做什么？
I'm not sure that your fish will be able to remember what your face looks like, but I wouldn't be too surprised if it could remember you in other ways, perhaps by the sound of your footsteps as you walk towards the tank.
我不确定你的鱼是否能记住你的脸，但如果它能以其他方式记住你，也许是通过你走向鱼缸时的脚步声，我也不会太惊讶。
What would it be like if women could have babies on their own?
如果女人可以独自生育孩子，那将会是一种什么样的情况呢？
INSKEEP: what do people want? If people could just dictate the kind of country they had, what would it be?
人们到底想要什么？如果人们可以自己管理命令自己的国家，他们希望它变成什么样子？
Misery, he says, is largely the fault of line managers, and if only they could remember what it felt like to be miserable as a worker they could fix it.
他表示，大部分痛苦都是部门经理的错，只要他们能想起自己作为职员时是何等痛苦，问题就可能得到解决。
I felt angst about what it could lead to: Did I want to be an artist?
我为可能的结果感到焦虑：我要成为一名艺术家吗？
It proved an internal combustion engine could power a vehicle and a human being could control it. It was a glimpse of what could be achieved.
它使人为控制，内燃机驱动的交通工具成为可能，预示了往后的成就。
If you could remove one feature, what would it be?
如果你可以去掉其中一个功能，那会是哪个呢？
If you could change something about the project, what would it be?
如果你们能够改变这个项目的一些东西，你们会改变什么？
If your life could be perfect, what would it look like?
如果你的生活是完美的，那会是什么样子呢？
Could it be valid is what I should ask. Hand up if you think yes.
可能有效地是我应该问的，如果认为对的话就举手。
But one day he heard a strange noise at his feet, and when he looked down to see what it could be, he saw a stone-cutter driving tools into his surface.
可是有一天，他听到脚下传来一阵奇怪的噪音，他往下看到底发生什么事，发现一个切石匠开动工具钻入岩石表面。
Scientists said the results, if confirmed, would expand the notion of what life could be and where it could be.
科学家说，如果该实验结果通过检测的话，将扩展人们对生命是什么及其存在场所的认识。
Scientists said the results, if confirmed, would expand the notion of what life could be and where it could be.
科学家说，如果该实验结果通过检测的话，将扩展人们对生命是什么及其存在场所的认识。
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