May be I would be enjoying a rack of lean pork ribs as a delicious treat.
也许我能享受到作为美味款待的烤瘦肉猪排。
And that's going to be I think part of the conversation that we've got to have over the next couple years.
我认为这将是今后几年我们需要关注的一个方面。
I really feel that I’ve grown in the past few years. Used to be I wouldn’t have given someone like you a second look.
我真觉得这几年我成长了不少,放以前长成你这样的我瞅都不会瞅一眼。
Who the king might be I never cared to inquire; where his palace is still remains undiscovered; this much was clear--the king's palace was within our house.
“王宫”的国王是谁,我从不在意去弄明白;但他的宫殿在哪,我仍然没有找到;有一点是很清楚的---“王宫”就在我们的房子里头。
What's scary is that you are 60 and reflecting back on your life "May be I should've given my dreams a chance, may be I would've succeeded, may be I would've lived my dream" But now it's too late.
可怕的是当你60岁时回首往事才发现“也许我应该给自己一次实现梦想的机会,也许我会成功的,也许我应该守住梦想”。
When someone tells you that you have to give a speech, your response may be "I gotta do what?"
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 dangerously cuts you off on the freeway, your thought might be, "I do not want this anger" (or "rage", if it's that bad).
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)。
Now arrogant as I may be, I don't mean to suggest that I'm any more impressive than you guys are.
虽然我可能挺自大的,但我的意思并不是指我比你们更了不起。
"Where could Michael be?" I wondered aloud.
“迈克尔会在哪里?”我大声地问道。
Most of what I really need to know about how to live, and what to do, and how to be, I learned in Kindergarten.
大部分我所必须了解的那些关于如何生存、怎样规划以及如何做人的道理,它们都是从幼儿园那里学会的。
When I'm doing something I'd rather not do, or when I'm someplace I'd rather not be, I use my phone to port myself elsewhere.
当我在做一些我不想做的事情,或者当我在一个我不想呆的地方时,我就用手机让自己的注意力转移到其他地方。
This is you from ten years ago, the same girl that you used to be. I am sitting in my grade seven classroom, staring outside.
这是十年前的你,还是曾经那个女孩。我坐在七年级的教室里,凝视着外面。
Nevertheless, whatever its other merits or defects may be, I can assure my readers that it was not my intention to propound a riddle, or insidiously convey any erudite teaching.
然而,不管它的别的优点或者缺点是什么,我能告诉读者的就是,我在诗里无意提出一个谜,或者狡狯地传达什么教诲。
I don't know how a vampire should be, I don't know what that is.
我不知道吸血鬼应该是什么样的,我也不知道它究竟是什么。
" a perfect response would be: "I want to earn a salary that is commensurate with the contributions I can make.
一书中提到的,最佳的回答是:“我想要的薪资是和我所作出的贡献相称的。
And I realized I needed to do something to help him-to get some kind of professional help, although what that would be, I wasn't yet sure.
我发现需要做些什么来帮助他——要某种专业的帮助,虽然我并不确定具体是什么帮助。
It was simply a matter of attitude. As long as I strove to do what I wanted to do and be who I wanted to be, I had a future of wakefulness in a pure reality.
这只是简单的态度问题,只要我努力坚持做我想要做的事,成为我想要成为的人,在真实的世界里有一个明白的前程在等我。
How could this be? I am only 32, but my life is over. There is nowhere to go. Nowhere to turn.
这些都是怎么发生的?我才32岁,但是我已经死了。我无处可逃,无路可退。
But when you asked them why they didn't try it the answers tended to be "I would look silly."
但当你问他们为什么不尝试时,他们的答案往往是“这样做会很傻”。
Before discussing how and why this might be, I ought to explain what psychologists mean by intelligence.
在谈论如何和为何这样之前,我应该解释心理学家关于智力的理解。
For instance, 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).
比如,有人在高速公路上开车插队,这很危险,你或许会想:“我不要发火”(或者大怒,因为这种情绪很糟糕)。
As perfect as some people's lives appear to be, I guarantee you that they too have their fair share of blemishes.
尽管有些人的生活看上去很完美,但我可以向你保证他们的生活也有一定的瑕疵。
What this may be, I can't even imagine, but it would have to be something that ties the social web all together.
我现在也想象不出这个媒介到底是什么样,它应该可以把所有社交网站整合在一起。
If you forget and your phone does ring, your response should be, "I can't talk now, I will call you back." and then turn the danged thing off.
如果你忘记关掉铃声并且这时电话响了的话,你最好这样回答:“我现在不方便接听你的电话,我待会再打给你吧。”然后把手机关掉。
"Let's see what happens," Shobha had said to me, the last time I saw her in India. "Whatever will be, I have to adjust."
“让我们看看究竟会发生什么吧,”我最后一次在印度见萨布哈时她对我说,“不管发生什么,我都必须去适应它。”
It means I can stay at home, which is where I want to be. I have children to look after and school fees to pay.
有了它,我能够留在我想呆的地方——家,因为我还要照顾我的孩子同时也要支付他们的学费。
But that all sounds pretty negative and I don't mean it to be. I was just setting the background.
但是所有的呼声相当的负面,而我没有那个意思,我只是设置了这个背景。
But that all sounds pretty negative and I don't mean it to be. I was just setting the background.
但是所有的呼声相当的负面,而我没有那个意思,我只是设置了这个背景。
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