You might hope that the columnists of this article can leisurely cross the Panama Canal by steamship.
你或许希望这篇文章的专栏作家能悠闲地坐着轮船穿越巴拿马运河。
He worries, if tourism isn't managed and his fellow locals continue to move to the mainland, his generation might be the last who can call themselves native Venetians.
他担心，如果不对旅游业进行管理，他的同乡们继续迁往大陆，那他这一代人可能是最后一代可以称自己为本土威尼斯人的人了。
It might seem unreasonable that expectations about possible events can drive prices up, but consider the situation of people in a lifeboat on the open ocean.
对可能发生事件的预测会驱使价格上涨看起来很不切实际，但考虑下在宽阔的海洋上，人们在救生艇中这样一个情况。
Secondly, young people might benefit from early exposure to the Internet for they can start their learning ahead of formal schooling.
其次，年轻人可能受益于早期接触互联网，因为他们可以在接受正式的学校教育之前开始学习。
If the simulation can plug directly into a satellite database, it might even help future tugboat pilots safely steer with an iceberg in tow.
如果模拟可以直接连入卫星数据库，它甚至可能帮助未来的拖船驾驶员安全地拖动冰山。
Depending on your interests and your lifestyle, that might mean spending less time watching television or listening to music, though some people can write while they listen to music.
这取决于你的兴趣爱好和生活方式，这可能意味着要减少看电视或听音乐的时间，尽管有些人可以边听音乐边写作。
You can imagine how they'd rattle and clatter in the wind and how they might completely capture your attention.
你可以想象，它们在风中会如何咔嗒作响，它们可能会吸引你的全部注意力。
Young people might benefit from early exposure to the Internet for they can start their learning process earlier and get ahead of the game before they start formal schooling.
年轻人较早接触互联网可能会受益，因为他们可以更早地开始学习过程，并在开始接受正规教育之前抢占先机。
He might as well plant an oak in a flowerpot, and expect it to thrive, as imagine he can restore her to vigour in the soil of his shallow cares!
他也可以在花盆里种一棵橡树，希望它茁壮成长，就像想象他可以让她在他那浅薄的关心中恢复活力一样！
You might play some games—you might play like checkers and these kinds of—knuckle bones games, that you can still see.
你可能会玩一些游戏——你可能会玩跳棋之类的——抓骨游戏，你仍然可以看到。
If you can make 100 tons of the drug, but it costs $100,000 a gram that might not be a useful drug because nobody could afford to use it.
如果你能制造一百吨这种药物，但每克的成本是十万美元，这药可能就没什么用，因为没人买得起它。
You might wonder how we can tell whether fossil animals lived on land or in water, especially if only fragments are found.
你可能想知道我们如何分辨化石上的动物是生活在陆地上还是水里，特别是如果只发现了化石碎片。
But, he worries, if tourism isn't managed and his fellow locals continue to move to the mainland, his generation might be the last who can call themselves native Venetians.
但是，他担心如果不加以管理旅游业，他的当地同胞继续搬到大陆，他这一代人可能是最后一批自称威尼斯土著的人。
Although you might begin training to read more with excitement or enthusiasm, these can quickly disappear if you don't devise a method of rewarding or motivating yourself.
尽管你可能开始训练自己靠着兴奋和热情多读书，但是如果你不想出奖励或激励自己的方法，这些情感很快就会消失。
An example of how the connection can influence us is when our weak-ties get in touch and pass on details about jobs they think might be suitable for us.
一个关系如何影响我们的例子就是，与我们有弱关系的人联系我们，并告知他们认为可能适合我们的工作的细节。
These friends-of-friends, people we might spend time with at social or work gatherings, might not be like us but they can still have a positive influence because we share the same sort of interests.
这些朋友的朋友，我们可能会一起进行社交或工作聚会的人，也许不像我们，但他们仍然会产生积极的影响，因为我们有相同的兴趣。
They might document which plants are blossoming or what animals live in there. Through sharing these, other kids can see the differences across the country.
他们也许会记载哪些植物开花了，或者他们地区生活了哪些动物。通过分享这些记载，其他的孩子就会看到全国不同的地方。
We can imagine how some of those details might go, and then some of the questions get rather tricky.
我们可以想象种种细节，有些问题会变得很难办。
That's enough to make a connection, and this connection can turn out to be more beneficial than we might suspect.
这就足以建立一种联系，而且这种联系可能比我们想象的更加有益。
We can never promise to sail anywhere in particular, because the weather might militate against it.
天有不测风云，所以我们永远都不会保证具体航行到哪个地方。
Chatting with parents every day not only keeps the present relationship strong, it also can help a might be worse relationship get better.
每天和父母聊天不仅能保持现在的关系牢固，还能帮助可能恶化的关系变得更好。
Since we only have an hour, you might not be able to get right around the park, but you can choose to visit some of the highlights.
由于我们只有一个小时，你可能不能绕着公园转一整圈，但可以选择参观一些亮点。
So take another look at this drawing, and you can imagine how this design might be particularly helpful in that kind of climate.
所以再看一下这幅图，你就可以想象这种设计是如何在那种气候下特别有用的。
This gives us a unique perspective on what machines can do, what they can't do and what jobs they might automate or threaten.
这让我们能从独特的视角看待机器能做什么、不能做什么以及它们可能自动化或威胁到什么工作的问题。
This gives us an unique perspective on what machines can do, what they can't do and what jobs they might automate or threaten.
这为我们提供了一个独特的视角，让我们了解机器可以做什么，不能做什么，以及它们可能会自动完成或威胁完成哪些工作。
If you run on the road, headphones can be dangerous, as you might not hear traffic coming your way.
如果你在公路上跑，带个耳机是非常危险的，因为你可能听不到一辆汽车已经跟在你的身后。
One future possibility is that improved monitoring can help predict where and when bleaching will occur, which might potentially enable us to mitigate its effects.
未来的一种可能是，升级后的监测有助于预测漂白现象发生的时间和地点，这也许能让我们减轻漂白现象的影响。
The idea is that we are taking more out of what you might call the planet's environmental bank balance than it can sustain; we are living beyond our ecological means.
其观点是，我们正在以一种超过使其可持续的额度从我们称为“地球环境银行”的账户余额中提现；我们的生活已经超出了我们的生态的承受能力。
As a society, we might want to rethink the time and money spent on education, so that these resources can benefit a greater percentage of the population.
作为一个社会，我们可能需要重新考虑花费在教育上的时间和金钱，让更多人从中受益。
You might feel your heart racing or your face turning red, but do whatever you can to remain neutral in both your words and actions.
你可能会感到心跳加速或脸变红，但无论在言语还是行动上都要尽量保持中立。
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