Innovation is like a bamboo shoot which spends many years underground and then it just peaks its head up and shoots up very quickly.
创新就像一根竹笋。竹笋在地下生长很多年，然后破土而出并很迅速地成长。
If the past is prologue, then it ought to be possible to draw some modest conclusions about the future from the wealth of data about America's present.
如果过去是一个序幕，那么应该有可能从有关美国现状的大量数据中得出一些关于未来的适度的结论。
I'd got myself all psyched up for the interview and then it was called off at the last minute.
我为这次面试做好了万全的心理准备，可最后它临时取消了。
We give people a few months to write their story and then it takes quite a long time to judge all the entries and to announce the winners.
我们给人们几个月的时间来写他们的故事，然后需要用相当长的时间来评判所有的参赛作品并宣布获胜者。
I couldn't remember where I'd seen him before, and then it suddenly hit me.
起初我想不起以前在哪里见过他，后来猛然记起来了。
If you're kind to someone else, it can make their day brighter and inspire them to pass on kindness. And then it just grows and grows, and it can make the world a better place.
如果你对别人友善，会让他们的生活更美好，也激励他们把友善传递下去。然后它就会不断增长，让世界变得更美好。
First we have to be parents and then it is perfectly ok to be friends too.
首先我们必须当好父母，然后才能很好的做他们的朋友。
Since then it has been trying to gain a foothold in growing markets overseas.
此后,联想一直试图在不断增长的海外市场站稳脚跟。
However, if its queue is empty then it will steal items from another thread's queue.
不过在队列为空时，它就会从其它线程的队列中“窃取”一些元素。
For if you do not take Yizhou, others will-and then it will be too late for regrets.
今若不取，为他人所取，悔之晚矣。
I said earlier that if money alone solved the problem then it was not a difficult one.
我早些时候说过，靠钱能解决的问题，不会是很困难的问题。
You can have the best plan in the world, but if it's not executed, then it doesn't matter.
你可以有世界上最好的计划，但是如果没被执行，它就什么也不是。
If stress affects immune responses, then it should also affect how well the body heals itself.
如果压力影响免疫反应，那它必将也会影响身体自我疗愈的能力。
But if demand for gold starts to build, then it can move higher no matter what the dollar does.
但是，如果对黄金的需求开始增大，那么无论美元走势如何，金价会上扬。
"I guess if it's good enough for Mrs Obama, then it will be good enough for him too," she said.
她说：“据我推测如果这本书对奥巴马夫人大有益处的话，他同样也会受益匪浅的。”
If the universities discharge their duty adequately, then it is well with the nation and the people.
如果大学能够充分履行其责任，那将造福于我们的国家，我们的人民。
She said: “Everyone has a first love. And if this film reawakens your memories, then it has worked.”
她说：“每个人都有初恋，如果这部影片勾起了你的回忆，就算成功了。”
By then it was late, and I was tired, and next day I'd forgotten it all and had to start all over again.
到那时已经很迟了，我疲倦已极，第二天我竟全给忘了，只好重新再读。
If we have optimism, without empathy, then it doesn't matter how much we master the secrets of science.
如果我们的乐观没有融入同情，那么我们掌握多少科学秘密也没有任何用处。
If you refuse hospitality three or four times and your host still asks again, then it is right to accept.
只有在你婉拒三到四次后主人仍在坚持，才可以接受主人的给予。
About two months ago, I put up the blog, more for my own amusement than anything - and then it just took off!
大概两个月前，我开了这个博客，就想自娱自乐一下——然后就火了。
Success breeds success, so if you visualise yourself achieving something, then it will help you to do just that.
成功孕育成功，所以如果你想象自己取得了某些成绩，那么它将会帮助你做到这一点。
By then it was habit for me to flip through the pages looking for a lost treasure and this book didn't disappoint.
那时，我已经养成了翻书淘宝的习惯，这本书没让我失望。
So, if we can show interest in other people and generally, generally care about other people, then it is amazing.
所以说,如果我们能做到关注别人,关心别人,效果是很神奇的。
In early 2010, the company was profitable, then it embarked on its aggressive expansion to stay ahead of competitors.
2010年早些时候，公司是盈利的，随后它就开始大举扩张，以保持在行业内的领先。
If you're making a resolution, then it pays to do a bit of planning and give yourself a better chance of succeeding.
如果你正在下决心，那么花一点功夫做个计划，好给自己较大的成功机会，这种做法是值得的。
If a process role is clearly defined, then it doesn't matter who is in that role — anyone can be designated to fill it.
如果清楚定义了流程角色，则谁担任这个角色并不重要——可以指定任何人担任此角色。
If a process role is clearly defined, then it doesn't matter who is in that role — anyone can be designated to fill it.
如果清楚定义了流程角色，则谁担任这个角色并不重要——可以指定任何人担任此角色。
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