Saying "Goodbye" to mom and then "Guten tag" to your teacher, or managing to ask for a crayola roja instead of a red crayon, requires skills called "inhibition" and "task switching".
道别时对妈妈说 “Goodbye”，对老师说 “Gutentag”，或者要红色蜡笔时不说 “red crayon”，而说 “crayolaroja”，这都需要调动“约束任务”和“切换任务”的技能。
Southern historians clung instead to a notion of the South's unanimity in the face of Northern aggression.
相反，南方的历史学家坚持认为，面对北方的侵略，南方是一致的。
Like a family tree that you might use to trace back through generations of ancestors, only it's showing a family of genetically related languages instead of people.
就像你可以追溯祖先的家谱一样，它只是在显示与遗传相关的语言，而不是人类。
Plug your tabletop lamp into a dimmer instead of the wall socket.
直接把你的台灯插到调光器上，而不用插到墙上的插座里。
To start with, people should know that seeking help is a normal need instead of a sign of weakness.
首先，人们应该清楚知道寻求帮助是一种正常的需求，而不是软弱的表现。
Buy all your clothes at once with a stylist instead of shopping alone, one article of clothing at a time.
和造型师一起一次买完所有你需要的衣服，而不是独自购物、一次只买一件衣服。
Having a person, instead of a computer, reach out to you is particularly important in combating that sense of isolation.
你需要与人而不是电脑接触，这对减轻那种孤立感尤为重要。
If a bird sits still, instead of gathering the food God has provided for them, they will starve.
如果一只鸟静静的坐着，而不是收集神已经给他们提供食物，他们就会饿死。
Instead of a physical catalog, e-commerce arranges for catalogs to be visible on the Internet.
电子商务准备的是可以在互联网上看的目录，而不是实体的目录。
Were the government to use a multiplier of five instead of three, the proportion of Americans below the poverty line would rise to more than 24 percent.
如果政府用5而不是3做乘数，那美国的贫困人口比例将会上升到24%以上。
She wears coordinated separates instead of a suit.
她不穿套装，而穿着搭配协调的单件衣服。
Wade was going to be paid a salary, instead of by the hour, whether he put in forty hours or not.
韦德将领月薪，而不是小时工资，无论他是否干够40个小时。
Under the new plan, customers would pay $45 bimonthly, instead of $18 a month – a substantial increase.
根据新方案，顾客将每两个月支付$45，而不是每个月$18——一个相当大的增长。
Instead of moping around the house all day, you should be out there looking for a job.
不要整天闷闷不乐地在家里晃悠，你应该出去找份工作。
I tried to talk myself out of a fight and got beaten to a pulp instead by three other boys.
我试图说服自己不要打架，结果却被另外3个男孩子打得遍体鳞伤。
Instead of a dead donkey, he saw a very much alive Marionette, wriggling and squirming like an eel.
他看到的不是一头死驴，而是一个活生生的木偶，那木偶和一条鳗鱼一样扭动着。
Instead of a hardwired network of signs, they propose to use mobile-phone applications.
他们提议使用手机软件，而不是用硬连线的信号网络。
The woman can hold objects but uses a stump in conjunction with her chin to do so instead of a hand.
这个女人可以拿东西，但是是利用假肢和下巴的合力代替手来完成这个动作。
This striking action is why the piano is a percussion instrument instead of a string instrument.
这个敲击的动作就可以解释为什么钢琴是打击乐器而不是弦乐器。
Exams should be a method to test whether students grasp the knowledge or not instead of a burden on them.
考试应该是检测学生是否掌握知识的一种方法，而不是成为学生的负担。
Do these same advantages benefit a child who begins learning a second language in kindergarten instead of as a baby?
这些优势是否同样有利于在幼儿园而不是婴儿期就开始学习第二语言的孩子？
All I said was if he didn't get out and start selling a few cars instead of idling around all day, he might find himself looking for a new job.
我只是说，要是他不出去卖几辆车，而成天无所事事的话，他可能就要去找一份新工作了。
A federal appeals court weighed in again Tuesday, but instead of providing a badly needed resolution, it only prolonged the fight.
一联邦上诉法院周二再次介入，但并未提供急需的解决方案，只是延长了该斗争。
One group was given a drug while the other group received a harmless substance instead of medicine without their knowledge.
一组服用药物，而另一组在不知情的情况下服用无害的药物。
Once a dish comes, instead of lifting our chopsticks, we take out our mobiles and click.
一上了菜，我们就拿出手机咔哒一声，而不是举起筷子。
Is there another cost, a deeper cost, to documenting a life experience instead of simply enjoying it?
用拍照来记录生活经历，而不是单纯享受，是否需要付出其他更深层次的代价呢？
Leah easily could have fallen into a trap of feeling content; instead, her energy sparked a period of experimentation and renewal.
莉娅本可以轻易地落入满足的陷阱中；但是，她的活力激励她步入尝试和更新阶段。
Let's put this person in a residential care home instead of a nursing home—she will be much better off.
我们应该把她安置在安老院而不是养老院。在安老院的话，她会过得更好。
The Soviet scientist made his experiments with a bad light, on wooden tables, using an old vacuum cleaner instead of a compressor.
这位苏联科学家在木桌上，借着糟糕的灯光做实验，用的是旧吸尘器而不是压缩机。
Instead of a seated dinner, consider hosting a Sunday brunch with Bellini's champagne.
与其坐着吃晚餐，不如考虑用贝利尼的香槟招待周日的早午餐。
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