I see a dangerous trap here: what if you experience something that feels very good in the short term but is actually harmful in the long term?
在这里我看到了一个危险的陷阱：如果你经历某事在短期内感觉很好，但从长期来看实际上是有害的，那该怎么办？
I've just got to do my best, and take a couple of seconds to look through the first few lines before I launch into something.
我要尽我最大的努力，并在投入某件事之前花几秒钟浏览一下开头几行。
In every job I have held, from cutting lawns to washing dishes to working a machine on a construction site, I have learned something.
在我做过的每一项工作，从修剪草坪到洗碗，再到在建筑工地操作机器，我都学到了一些东西。
"I ought to have something into the bargain," said the countryman; "give a fat goose for a pig, indeed!"
“我应该在这桩交易里得到点什么，”农夫说，“用一只肥鹅换一头猪，真的！”
I see my degree as something which will train my mind and improve my chances of getting a job.
我把我的学历视为开发心智、增加就业机会的东西。
I'd like a friendship that might lead to something deeper, but I wouldn't want to commit myself too soon.
我想要可能发展到更深层关系的友谊，但我不想太快做出承诺。
I guess after two years of doing that I suppose I felt, you know, I know I can do this well and now I want to do something else that's a little different.
我想在做了两年之后，我觉得，你我都知道我能做得很好，现在我想做一些不同的事情。
I hope it's something you'd never have to use, but it's certainly worth going along to a few self-defence sessions.
我希望这是你永远都用不上的东西，但是去参加一些自卫课程当然是值得的。
I desire to engage in exercise and I value exercise extrinsically, not for its own sake, but as a means to something beyond it.
我喜欢锻炼并看重其外在价值，并不是因为锻炼本身，而是把它作为达到一些目的的手段。
I'm deeply attached to the Puritan tradition, not in a religious sense, but they believed in working for something, working for goals, and I like that.
我深爱清教徒的传统，不是出于宗教原因，而是因为我喜欢他们为某事而努力、为目标而努力的信念。
Since I started working part-time at a grocery store, I have learned that a customer is more than someone who buy something.
自从我开始在杂货店兼职以来，我明白了顾客不只是买东西的人。
I know your office hours are tomorrow, but I was wondering if you had a few minutes free now to discuss something.
我知道您的办公时间在明天，但我想知道您现在是否有几分钟的空余时间来讨论一点事情。
I read that they often hide from predators by squirting out a cloud of ink, or something like that.
我读到过，它们为了躲避捕食者，经常喷出一团墨水，或者类似的东西。
Now, something had been happening there a little before, which I did not know anything about until a good many days afterwards, but I will tell you about it now.
不久以前这里发生过一件事，我直到好多天以后才知道，但现在我要把这件事告诉你。
I just have overheard some graduate students' talking, something about a party for Dean Adams?
我只是无意中听到一些研究生的谈话，是关于亚当斯院长的派对的？
I better say something about oil in the ancient world, so that you get a grip on what's going on here.
我最好讲讲古代的石油，这样你们就能了解这里发生了什么。
You can say something like, "I know we seem to be moving toward a first-quarter commitment here."
你可以说：“我认为我们似乎正朝着第一季度的目标迈进。”
I did not take it to heart when I first saw you two sitting on a tricycle heading for town, but soon I sensed something wrong there.
当我看到你们双双坐三轮车驶向市区的时候，先时不以为意，但不久，我慢慢地感觉到些端倪。
I used it as a test at the beginning of a term to find out something about my students.
我把它当作一个测试，在学期开始的时候用来了解学生的情况。
I'm not a fan of sauces that make me sweat and cry. I need something mild.
我不喜欢让我出汗和流泪的酱料。我想要清淡点的。
If you are looking for something priced in the middle, I would say anything between $30 and $60 would make a decent gift.
如果你在寻找中间价位的，我认为，价值30到60美元之间的任何礼物都是不错的选择。
They told me that I had to study for a degree so that I would achieve a career, and not something as risky as writing.
他们告诉我，我必须完成一个学位，这样才能获得一份职业，而不是从事像写作这样冒险的工作。
"I'm humbled to receive an award for something I love doing and continue to love doing," said a tearful Beckham.
贝克汉姆含泪说：“我为我能获得这个奖项感到受宠若惊，我热爱并会继续热爱我的事业。”
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