Before leaving, he says to the sales clerk, "I hope you don't mind me asking, but how old do you think I am?"
临走前，他问卖报纸的，“希望你不介意我问一个问题，你认为我有多大了？”
As constant travelers and parents of a 2-year-old, we sometimes fantasize about how much work we can do when one of us gets on a plane, undistracted by phones, friends, or movies.
作为经常旅行的人，以及两岁孩子的父母，我们有时会想象，当我们其中一人登上飞机，不被手机、朋友或电影分心时，能做多少工作。
Nay, how lonely the old man is--do you think that he gets kisses?
不，这个老人是多么寂寞啊——你以为他会得到吻吗？
The 14-year-old American girl became fond of baking and decorating cakes when her mother first taught her how to do it.
这个14岁的美国女孩在母亲第一次教她烘焙和装饰蛋糕时就喜欢上了烘焙和装饰蛋糕。
Hannah started to think about how she could help, but, of course, there is not a lot one five-year-old can do to solve the problem of homelessness.
汉娜开始思考她该如何能帮上忙，但显然一个五岁的孩子在解决无家可归的问题上能做的事情并不多。
So how do you while away the days at your old job while your exit strategy solidifies?
那么当你决定离开旧的工作，离职的日子你会怎么做？
While we can't control how our partner feels, reacts or responds there are things we can do to reduce some of the unpleasantness that comes with living with a grumpy old man or woman.
然而我们不能控制我们的伴侣的感觉、反应，但是我们能够做一些事尽量去减少一些和一个坏脾气的老人生活的不快。
If you're constantly talking about how you used to do things at your last job or when the old boss was in charge, people will wonder why you stick around.
如果你总说你以前是怎么工作的，或者上一任老板在的时候是怎样的，别人会想不通，你为什么一边抱怨，一边还赖着不走。
How could News Corp., of all companies, run by a 75-year-old media mogul, possibly know what to do with an Internet community like MySpace?
一个完全被75岁的媒体大亨掌控的新闻集团怎么可能玩得转象MySpace这样的互联网社区呢？
Know who your customer is. Who is she? Where does she live? What does she do? How old is she?
了解自己的顾客。顾客是哪些人？她住在哪里？她从事什么职业？她的年纪是多大？
If your five year old asks how babies are made, tell only what they will understand, but DO answer the question.
如果你五岁的孩子问你孩子是怎样产生的，仅仅告诉他们能理解的东西，但是一定要回答他们这个问题。
Since the children were too old for the baby-staring trick, but unable to answer the question: "How many?", researchers laid out counters, then put them away and asked the children to "do as I did".
由于这些儿童的年龄已经不适合对婴儿使用的注视点研究方法，但他们却不能回答“某物有多少”的问题，研究者们摆出一些计数器，把它们放在一边后研究者要求这些儿童跟着他们做。
Watching him I would remember the things you could do with the old one-cylinder engine with the heavy flywheel, how you could have it eating out of your hand if you got really close to it spiritually.
看着他，我想起可以怎样在那种有重飞轮的一缸马达上玩出名堂，还有要是你能在精神上跟它真正贴近，如何得心应手地操纵它。
How do discern what of the old you should use and what of the new you should use.
如何分辨该取用哪些旧的，还有哪些新的。
I can't remember exactly how he phrased it but it was something like: "When do you guys get to be too old to do this?"
我已经记不清他确切的说法，但差不多是“你们什么时候会因为上了年纪，再也干不了这一行？”
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."
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。”
The renewal of claims that tax cuts pay for themselves has led to a revival of discussion about an old question: how high do taxes have to be before further increases actually reduce revenue?
减去的税会自动回补论调的卷土重来导致了对税收从哪一高点开始会出现再提高则总收入反而下降这一老问题讨论的再度活跃。
When people would ask how old I was, I'd tell the truth. But then I'd say: "Age is nothing." I do it with proficiency.
别人问我几岁时，我会告诉他们实话，但我会接着说：“年龄不是问题，我有实力。”
Watching him I would remember the things you could do with the old one-cylinderengine with the heavy flywheel, how you could have it eating out of your handif you got really close to it spiritually.
看着他，就会想起我当年摆弄老式单缸引擎的情形，想起它笨重的飞轮，想起我对那机器的痴迷，想起那种人机合一的操控感觉。
One of the pair, it was widely said, had turned out to be 200 years old, although I do not understand just how one determines such a fact: perhaps it is like counting the rings of a felled tree.
据许多人说，其中一种已经有200岁了，不过我不明白一个人怎么去确定这个事实：也许就像数那被砍下树木的年轮。
Slim, I'm 83 years old now and I'm just full of aches and pains. I know you're about my age. How do you feel?
瘦老头，我现在83岁了，浑身都是疼痛。我知道你和我差不多年龄。你感觉如何呢？
Some programs won't stop until you're old and gray. And these are really different efficiencies, and we want to give you a sense of how do you reason about those different kinds of programs.
头发花白之前是不会停的，这些是因为它们的效率不同，我们想要给你们理解，这些程序之所以，表现不同的原因。
Why, it is his figure, it is his face, only older,--there are people who do not grow old, I don't know how they manage it,--it is the very sound of his voice.He is better dressed, that is all!
当然，是那身材，是那相貌，没有老多少，有些人是不会老的，我不知道他们是怎么搞的，是那说话的声音。他穿得比较好些就是了！
What I'd like to do today is talk to you about how it is that we moved from this old model to what it is that today many institutions call the Yale model.
今天我想讲的就是,我们如何从传统模式,转变为所谓耶鲁模式
The most critical question is as old as Web development: How do you handle the Back button?
最严重的问题从Web开发刚出现时就存在了，就是如何处理Back按钮。
SAN FRANCISCO — VMware has some new ideas for tackling an age-old problem for system administrators: how do you keep a computing service available when the server it's running on fails?
VMware对于下一代操作系统有一些新的想法，比如这个问题：作为一个系统管理员，你怎么在系统崩溃的情况下，其他服务仍能可用？
SAN FRANCISCO — VMware has some new ideas for tackling an age-old problem for system administrators: how do you keep a computing service available when the server it's running on fails?
VMware对于下一代操作系统有一些新的想法，比如这个问题：作为一个系统管理员，你怎么在系统崩溃的情况下，其他服务仍能可用？
应用推荐