There are purple clothes, purple handbags, purple bicycles, purple furniture, even purple computers! But in the past, purple was a very expensive and unusual color.
有紫色的衣服，紫色的手提包，紫色的自行车，紫色的家具，甚至紫色的电脑！但在过去，紫色是一种非常昂贵和不寻常的颜色。
There are also, of course, people who interview extremely well, but are later found to be very unsatisfactory employees.
当然，也有面试表现非常好的人，但后来发现是非常不令人满意的员工。
Very sophisticated threats coming after you may not be easy to see, but they're there, and you certainly have to be ramping up your efforts on that.
你可能不太容易看到接踵而至的、非常复杂的威胁，但它们确实存在，你必须加大努力。
Tootles' face was very white, but there was a dignity about him now that had never been there before.
图托斯的脸色十分苍白，但现在他身上有一种以前从未有过的尊严。
There used to be transport problems, now though there are new train links and better roads, but it may be that some smaller towns inland remain not very well connected, is that OK?
过去存在交通问题，尽管现在有新的火车线路和更好的道路，但一些内陆的小城镇与外界可能仍然没有很好的连接，这样可以吗？
The book wasn't very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed.
这本书不是很有趣，但在书页之间确实有一些有意思的东西。
I'd like to go to the States, but if I took the job there, I wouldn't get a very good salary.
我想去美国，但是如果我在那里工作，我就不会挣到很高的薪水。
At present there is no way to predict or avoid such enormous avalanches, but, luckily, they are very rare.
目前还没有办法预测或避免如此巨大的雪崩，但幸运的是，它们非常罕见。
But in the very beginning, there was just Carême, the top chef who elevated dining into art.
但在最开始的时候，只有顶级厨师卡拉姆将用餐提升到艺术的层面。
Henry's very good but he's taking a whole week's holiday and there won't be enough time when he returns.
亨利是个不错的选择，但他要放整整一个星期的假，等他回来我们就没时间了。
There are lots and lots of CEOs in very different companies, but most think of themselves as coaches and this is their team and they want to win.
在不同的公司里有许许多多首席执行官，但其中大多数人都把自己当成教练，公司则是他们的团队，他们想要赢。
One day, he goes to New York City but finds things very different there.
有一天，他去了纽约，发现那里的一切都非常新鲜。
A lot of teenagers in my town bike everywhere, but it's very dangerous because there is a lot of traffic.
我镇上的很多青少年都是骑着自行车到处跑，但这是非常危险的，因为交通十分繁忙。
They were very sorry, but there was nothing they could do, and there was no time for Lily to go home and change.
他们很抱歉，但是他们也无能为力，莉莉也没有时间回家换衣服了。
Space travel may soon be a reality, but how visitors get there is still a very open question.
太空旅行可能很快成为现实，但游客如何到达那里仍然是一个开放性问题。
We're very happy but there are times I think about the things we didn't see: the tears or the smile on the granddaughter's face, their school graduations, my son's joy at successes in business.
我们很幸福，但有时我会想起我们未能目睹的场景：孙女脸上的泪水或微笑、他们的毕业典礼、儿子在商业上取得成功的喜悦。
"It's from the restaurant below. It's very expensive to eat there, but we can do the next best thing," answered Charlie.
“是楼下餐厅的。在那里吃饭很贵，但是我们可以退而求其次。”查理回答道。
Dad's not very happy about it, but I'm sure he'll enjoy it when we're there.
爸爸对此不太高兴，但我相信等我们去了，他会喜欢的。
The teacher explained with a smile on his face, "I know there are too many tests for you these days, but the test today is very special."
老师笑着解释说：“我知道这些天你们的考试太多了，但今天的考试很特别。”
When she was very young, Severn Cullis-Suzuki learned that the United Nations Assembly was going to meet in Brazil, Severn decided that she wanted not only to go there but also to say something.
在珊文·卡立斯-铃木很小的时候，她得知联合国大会将在巴西召开，珊文当时就决定她不仅要去那里，而且要说些什么。
You may not have a friend or a machine that can politely make Suggestions, but there are very common conversation mistakes you can look out for.
你也许没有朋友或机器能够给你提供建议，但有一些非常普遍存在的错误你应该要注意到。
But there was still a very different physiological challenge for these organisms than for the more evolutionarily ancient single-celled organisms such as bacteria.
然而与进化上更古老的单细胞生物如细菌相比这些多细胞生命面临着一个非常不同的生理挑战。
Over the years, I spent hours trying to reconstruct it, but there was something very odd about it: no matter how hard I tried, I could never get it quite right.
多年来，我花很多时间练习，但有一件事非常奇怪：无论怎样努力，我却一直不能保证完全合拍。
Yes, this is communication, but there is very little opportunity for noise from an outside source to interfere with the communication.
的确，这就是沟通，但是来自外界的噪音很少有机会来干扰这个沟通。
That would have cleared up this roundtrip issue, but there are two very good reasons this could not be done.
这样就消除了这个往返问题，但是有两个非常充分的理由说明不能这样做。
So Bohr was validated in very, very strong measure, but there were also some contrary data.
所以说波尔理论得到了强有力的证实，但其实也存在一些反面数据。
But there are also very smart engineers and start-up companies thinking hard about how to implement this potential source of fuel.
但也有非常聪明的工程师和刚成立的公司努力去考虑如何实现这个潜在的燃料来源。
We felt that our schedule was feasible and well designed but that there was very little contingency.
我们觉得我们的时间进度是切合实际的并且设计是良好的除了有非常小的意外。
To be sure, most people involved in classical music today consider their art to be of profound cultural importance, but there are very few who are able to articulate this convincingly.
有一点是肯定的，当今大部分涉足古典音乐的人都因为其文化重要性而倍感自豪，却很少有人可以将这点阐述得令人信服。
To be sure, most people involved in classical music today consider their art to be of profound cultural importance, but there are very few who are able to articulate this convincingly.
有一点是肯定的，当今大部分涉足古典音乐的人都因为其文化重要性而倍感自豪，却很少有人可以将这点阐述得令人信服。
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