一个孩子从学校回到家说“我遇到麻烦了”，然后爸爸说，“你可能是自作自受”，这样的日子过去了。
The days when a kid came home from school and said, "I got into trouble", and dad said, "you probably deserved it", are over.
当有人在高速公路上危险地超车时，你的想法可能是，“我不要生气”(或者“暴怒”，如果它是那么糟糕的话)。
When someone dangerously cuts you off on the freeway, your thought might be, "I do not want this anger" (or "rage", if it's that bad).
如果有人说了你认为是错的的话，最好通过这样的方式指出来：“我不是这么想的，但我可能是错的，让我们看看事实。”
If someone makes a statement that you think is wrong, it's better to point it out by saying, "I thought otherwise but I might be wrong, let's look at the facts."
现在，冥王星可能是个矮行星，但是，亲爱的克莱德，在我书中你仍然是第一个发现行星的美国人。
Pluto may be a dwarf planet now, Clyde baby, but you're still the first American to discover a planet in my book.
如果有人跟你说你必须做一个演讲，你的回答可能是“我必须做什么？”
When someone tells you that you have to give a speech, your response may be "I gotta do what?"
“如果你现在雇用我，我就不会失去我的房子”这样的借口可能是真实情况，但是不会打动面试官。
"If you hire me now, I won't lose my house" may be true, but it won't impress an interviewer.
他们可能会以不同方式告诉你他们很诚实('老实说，我觉得…')，从个人品质上看很可能是无辜的('我从没伤害过一只苍蝇')。
They may tell you they are honest in various ways (' Honestly, I think... ') and are likely to be innocent by dint of personality traits (' I would never harm a fly ').
我的看法是如果你的家人或朋友到了取笑你的地步，那可能是有点太过了。
My take is that if it bugs your family and friends to the point that they tease you, it's probably too extreme.
你可能是要找猫咪的滑稽视频，对我最喜欢的电焊教学片毫无兴趣。
You may be looking for funny cat videos and think my favorite soldering tutorials are of no interest.
我认为，如今的债务危机可能是你所谓的内因的产物：我们在20世纪曾对长辈们作出承诺，我们在21世纪还不准备还债。
Today's debt crisis is the product of what I suppose you might call inside factors: the promises we've made to seniors in the 20th century that we're not prepared to pay in the 21st century.
“每个人都知道你为什么在那里，”唐说，“这可能是对我最好的惩罚。”
"Everybody knew why you were there," Don says. "It was probably the best thing that happened to me."
如果你的头发并没有经过过分处理（烫啊染啊的），你可能是怀孕（惊喜吧~）或是更年期了（是的，我能看出来）。
If your hair isn't overprocessed, you could be pregnant (surprise!) or menopausal (yes, I can tell).
我认为在这其中的关键之一是，一旦你得到超过三，四个人在那里，你就会得到更多人，就会有更多的人觉得这可能是件有意义的事。
I think one of the keys in that is that one once you get more than three or four people there, the more people you get, the more other people are going to think something meaningful.
如梅：可能是在白色的塑料袋里吧，我记得你在火车站把报纸给我了。
Rumei: it might be in the white plastic bag. I think you gave me the paper at the train station.
它可能是一个文件夹或一个鞋盒或任何你喜欢的东西，但是我认为把你的每个想法保留在每一张单独的纸上这是有好处的。
It could be a file folder or a shoebox or anything you like, but I think it's good to keep each idea on a separate piece of paper.
根据你的性格，不管你是外向还是内向的，我发现这样开头可能是十分艰难的，但实际上是很有效的。
Depending on your personality, whether you're introverted or extroverted, I realize that this approach could be very difficult; but it is very effective.
当我走到房间的中间时，突然听到一个低沉的声音(声音很低沉，不可能是我的兄弟)，这个声音用生气的语调说：“你不属于这个地方！”
I had gotten halfway across the room when I heard a voice that was too deep to be my brothers. It said in an angry tone, "You do not belong here on this land!"
好的，我在这本书的开篇，请读者想象这样一个画面，你走过，一个浅浅的池塘，可能是公园里，或是大学校园里。
Right, ok. So what I do to open the book is to ask the reader to image that they walking past a shallow pond, maybe somewhere in the park or or university campus.
她说你今天晚上还会来探望她的时候，我觉得这可能是她的痴呆症最严重的时候。
When she told me you were coming again this evening, I assumed her dementia was getting the best of her.
有一条古老的语录，可能是许多人说的，每当我观察公共政策时，总出现在我的脑海：“儿子，你不知道，统治世界运用的智慧简直太少了。”
There's an old quotation, attributed to various people, that always comes to mind when I look at public policy: "You do not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed."
如果你知道如何自我催眠，这种方法可能是最有用的，用“我是最好”的方法自我催眠，充分利用这种方法将你的整个人融入准备睡觉的状态。
If you know how to hypnotize yourself, this technique might be a useful one, using the "Best Me" technique of self-hypnosis. Use this to involve your whole person in the process of going to sleep.
"你可能是个美梦，或是个美丽的噩梦，不管怎样我也不要从你这里醒来"。
You can be a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare, either way I don't wanna wake up from you.
我想这可能是木材的一种规格，但是你不得不去想，这数字中的神话意味。
I think this is probably a size of lumber, but you can't get away from the mythology of that number.
这里我们要注意：没有第三种可能，只可能是——要么我是你的上帝，你要敬拜我；要么你就是在敬拜其它的神。
Notice: there's no third way - either I am your god, you serving me; or you serving some other gods.
单播是指我在上文提到的，实际上也可能是你最熟悉的方式。
Unicasting is what I mostly described above, and what you're probably most familiar with, actually.
我的意思是，如果你是真的，那么为什么通话故事不可能是真实存在的呢？
I mean, if you're real, then why shouldn't fairy tales be real, too?
如果你希望成为一个专业的艺术家，那么麦格林的观点可能是正确的，但我只是想要享受绘画的乐趣，而且我真的非常喜欢自己的绘画方式。
Meglin’s directive may be valid if you’re wanting to become a highly skilled artist, but I just wanted to enjoy drawing and I was really happy with my little photograph scheme.
尽量把写作时间定在自己状态最好的时候：对我来说，就是早晨（我写到这里刚好是上午9点23分），但是对你来说，有可能是下午、晚上或是深夜。
Try to position your sessions during your best writing times: for me, that’s morning (I’m typing this at 9.23am) but for you, it could be afternoon, evening or late at night.
尽量把写作时间定在自己状态最好的时候：对我来说，就是早晨（我写到这里刚好是上午9点23分），但是对你来说，有可能是下午、晚上或是深夜。
Try to position your sessions during your best writing times: for me, that’s morning (I’m typing this at 9.23am) but for you, it could be afternoon, evening or late at night.
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