What if instead of joining a health insurance plan, you could buy a membership directly from a hospital or doctor?
除了加入某个健康保险计划一途外，如果你直接花钱成为某医院或医生的会员那会怎样？
Imagine if instead of keys for individual letters, a keyboard displayed keys for entire words. That would make things quite slow and awkward.
设想，如果键盘上的每个键不是代表一个字母而是每个键都表示一个单词，那么使用起来将多么缓慢而笨拙。
But if instead of chasing sleep you let your body relax and your mind be at ease, sleep will come to you.
但如果不去追逐睡意，而是放松你的身体，让头脑舒适，睡意自然会再次光顾。
If you just bring your manager problems, she has to solve them, but think how much more valuable you'd be (and how much time you'd save her) if instead, you brought proposed solutions.
假如你只是给你的经理带来问题，她就需要去解决它们，但你想象一下，假如你带来的是已经想好的解决方案，你该会变得多有用(给她也节省了多少时间啊)。
In particular, if instead of increasing, the output of Anshan Iron and Steel Company falls short by two or three thousand tons a day, others will be unable to make up the difference.
特别是鞍钢，它的产量要是上不去，一天掉下来两三千吨，别的厂是没有办法补起来的。
If instead we embrace our dark side, we can redeem and transform it, and bring new energy into our lives.
不过如果我们不是嫌弃而是主动承认自己的暗面，就能加以弥补加以转化，还能在自己的生活中注入新的能量。
If instead inflation falls to 1%, the real interest rate rises from 3% to 4%, increasing the burden of repayment.
如果通货膨胀率反而下降到1%，实质利率则从3%上升至4%，增加了还款的负担。
If instead of looking at it from the top down, we look at it from the transaction up, it is much easier to understand.
如果我们不自上往下看经济，而是从交易角度往上看，会更容易理解。
If instead you need time, say, because you need a babysitter for your small child, the right friend or relative will appear.
如果你需要的是时间，像是如果你需要一个人临时照顾你的小孩，一个合适的朋友或者亲戚就会出现。
If instead of recommending things, machines would filter things we definitely won't like, we might be more forgiving and understanding.
如果机器过滤掉那些我们一定不会喜欢的，而不是给我们推荐一些东西，我们可能会更加地宽容和给予更多的理解。
If instead you wanted to create a new partition group, only consisting of partitions 1 and 2, you could issue a command similar to the following.
如果您想创建一个新的分区组，且这个分区组只包含分区1和2，可以发出如下命令。
If instead errors are displayed, you likely have a syntax error and need to review your document carefully for typos or missing tags and punctuation.
相反，如果显示错误，则很可能是出现语法错误，您需要小心检查文档，看看是不是丢失标记和标点符号或输入错误。
If instead of a gem or even a flower, we could cast the gift of a lovely thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.
我们能将一个可爱的思想而不是宝石或者花做为礼物投到朋友的内心，那无疑是天使的馈赠。
If instead, session persistence is enabled, WebSphere will automatically move the user (and their session) to another application server, transparently.
相反地，如果启用了会话持久性，WebSphere会自动将用户(以及他们的会话)移到另外一个应用服务器上去。
If instead of distracting yourself away from negativity, you refocused with positive thoughts about your workweek, how much more productive could you be?
与其让自己一直被消极所干扰，不如转念关注那些有关工作周的积极想法，你还能再有效率多少？
If instead it accepts China as a big, powerful, rising state and gives it a seat in the boardroom, China will take that place for the foreseeable future.
如果美国接受中国为正在崛起的强大的大国，给中国在会议室中准备一个位置，中国在可预测的未来就会接过那个位子。
If instead you gently avoid the person until you can solve the situation and then address it at a later time, things are likely to get better and your anger will subside.
如果相反你和缓地回避那个人直到你能把处境解决，然后再着手处理，那么事情就有可能改善。你的愤怒将会消退。
If, instead of standing around, feeling let down by your mode of transport, you hop on and start riding, you will soon see that the road that now looks so clear yet so long is, in fact, very short.
倘若你不再伫立踌躇为交通工具而不悦，而是跨上它出发，你会发现，眼前漫长的坦途其实很短。
If, instead, the semaphore's value is 0 (or less), the process must wait until somebody else releases the semaphore.
相反，如果一个信号量的数值为0(或小于零)，进程就必须一直等待直到其他进程释放了这个信号量。
If, instead of pyramidal cells, motor neurons are used as network units, network behavior changes drastically.
如果在网络中，用运动神经元代替锥体细胞，网络的行为会大大改观。
If, instead of these things, he gives it to productive labourers to support them during their work, he can, and naturally will, claim a remuneration from the produce.
如果他不这样做，而是将食物给予生产劳动者，使他们在工作期间不致挨饿，他便可以而且自然也会要求从生产出来的产品那里得到报酬。
If, instead of putting at task on a common task list, a single task is assigned to multiple users, similar collision effects can occur.
如果将一个任务分配给多个用户，而不是将一个任务放置到公共任务列表上，也会发生类似的冲突效果。
Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.
若我们下定决心勇敢跨过，而非畏缩不前，大多数困难都将融化消散。
What if, instead of typing Mass, the user entered just Ma?
万一用户只想输入Ma，而不是Mass呢？
But it might make you even happier if, instead of going home, you stopped for a drink and a snack with friends.
不过，停下来和朋友喝一杯，吃点儿零食，而不是匆忙回家，这样会感觉更快乐。
The next time you're feeling bad, rather than fight it, try to relax. See if, instead of panicking, you can be graceful and calm.
下次在你心情很坏的时候，不要进行心理斗争，放松一点而不是惊惶失措，这样你也可以变得从容、平和。
What if, instead of semi-annual reviews, you go with a system of real-time feedback through a collaborative platform?
如果我们放弃半年一次的绩效评估，借助协作平台采用实时反馈的系统，结果又会如何？
What if, instead of considering time in terms of astronomy, we related time to ecology?
如果我们把时间和生态联系起来，而不是从天文学的角度来考虑时间，将会如何？
What if, instead of considering time in terms of astronomy, we related time to ecology?
如果我们把时间和生态联系起来，而不是从天文学的角度来考虑时间，将会如何？
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