等等，我明白你的意思了，但在我们讨论欧洲人的定居如何影响生态系统之前，告诉我，海狸生活在怎样的环境中？
Wait, I see where you are heading with this, but before we go into how European settlement affected the ecosystem, tell me this—what kind of environment do beavers live in?
是的。但是你之前没有告诉我。
如果你在CES之前告诉我这些，我也许会笑掉大牙。
If you would have told me that before CES, I probably would have laughed my head off.
如果你在建造桥梁或是摩天大楼，你告诉我在你开始之前，你确切地知道它结束时会是什么样，我会相信你。
If you were building a bridge or a skyscraper and you told me, before you began, that you knew exactly how it would look when it was finished - I would believe you.
我看到他之前，你一告诉我你有这么一个客人我就怀疑他了。
Before I saw him, I suspected him as soon as you told me you had such a guest.
“等等，儿子。在你告诉我那些你听到的事情之前，你有没有把它们用”三个筛子“筛过呢?。
Wait a minute, my boy. Have you put what you have heard through the three sieves before you tell it to me?
“这个研究成果发表之后，就在一个星期之前有人从巴厘岛发了一封电子邮件告诉我：“依照你的研究成果，我们正在停止非法捕捞巴厘岛的长尾鲨。”
Since this paper came out, I got ane-mail from somebody in Bali just a weeks ago saying, 'We're using your paper to stop illegal harvest of thresher sharks in Bali at a local dive community.
你会在没弄清我打电话的目的之前，就告诉我你们销售如下产品，然后把产品列表背诵一遍吗？
Would you tell me that you sell the following products, then proceed to list them all out, before you even find out what I'm calling about?
在垃圾桶里！你之前为什么不告诉我？
哦，去商店里看一看价格，再看看五个月之前的价格，然后告诉我你不想买5个月前的食物，还是想买今天所卖的5个月前的价格的食物呢。
Well, go take a look at the prices in the store, and the prices five months ago, and tell me you wouldnt like to buy five-months-ago's food, or todays food at five-months-ago's prices.
十多年之前，我在休斯顿会见了麻省理工大学IrwinJacob教授，他告诉我如果你在美国的高架上驱车，你仍能够与世界另一端的人交流。
Over a decade ago, when I met MIT professor Irwin Jacob in Houston, he told me that a person driving on the us highway could talk to guys driving on the other side of the globe at any time.
当我回家告诉我的家人，他们说‘你知道谁之前穿的这件球衣吗？’
As soon as I got home I told to my family and they said 'you know whose shirt that is don't you?
酒保说：＂伙计，我一整夜都可以为你送酒，但是请你告诉我为什么在你再要酒之前要看自己的衬衫口袋呢？
The bartender says, "Look, buddy, I'll bring you martinis all night long. But you go to tell me why you look i ide your shirt pocket before you order a refill."
酒保说：＂伙计，我一整夜都可以为你送酒，但是请你告诉我为什么在你再要酒之前要看自己的衬衫口袋呢？
The bartender says, "Look, buddy, I'll bring you martinis all night long. But you go to tell me why you look i ide your shirt pocket before you order a refill."
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