As another returning student at Columbia, Kate Marber, told me, "We are learning not only all this information, but essentially how to learn again."
哥伦比亚大学的另一位返校生凯特·马伯告诉我：“我们不仅在学习所有信息，而且本质上是在学习如何再次学习。”
Before visiting senior men in the nursing home, we are told to be on our best behaviour by our teacher.
在去敬老院看望老人之前，我们的老师叮嘱我们要举止得体。
As a preventative measure, we are told to let in fresh air by opening the windows and not to use the air conditioners.
作为一项预防措施，我们被告知要打开窗户让新鲜空气进来，而不要使用空调。
We are told from a young age that it is impolite not to shake hands when we meet people.
我们从小就被告知见面时不握手是不礼貌的。
We are often told to calm down in face of danger.
我们经常被告知面对危险要冷静下来。
They chatted briefly and often shook hands with the people who came (we are told that they are ordinary users of the food bank and did not know the First Family was coming).
他们简短的交谈，还经常跟前来领取食物的人们握手。 （我们被告知前来领取食物的人们都是普通的受众，根本都还不知道第一家庭来了）。
We are told at school to report bullies to the teacher.If you like, I will tell my teacher about you.
在学校，我们都是向老师举报那些爱欺负人的同学，如果您愿意，我可以把您的情况告诉我的老师。
We are told that given eternity, this is a task that could be accomplished, always supposing somebody were there to whisk away the sheets whenever they wrote a word and finally put it back together.
我们听说，如果有足够时间的话，这是一个能够完成的任务，假设某人总是在那拿开纸张，每当他们写下一个词语的时候，最后再把它放回一起。
Arts and Humanities, we are told, are useless for the making of technological innovation.
我们被教导说艺术与人文对于技术革新是无用的。
So initially the ponderous shield is of an "ethereal temper," we are told.
最初我们被告知“,那个沉重的盾牌是坚厚而庞大的。
Sometimes we are told that happiness has failed to increase because the benefits of economic growth have been offset by a breakdown in family and community relationships.
有时候，我们被告知，幸福程度之所以没有上升，是因为家庭和邻里关系破裂在抵消经济增长的益处。
We are told that the company is preparing a statement for possibly later tonight, or tomorrow morning.
我们被告知，该公司正在准备一份可能今晚稍晚或明早要用的声明。
We are told deliveries will take one to two weeks from that date. We have had to delay our programme.
他们告诉我们，发货要用一到两周的时间，我们必须延迟我们的计划了。
The first step, we are told, was to sit down with representatives from the insurance and pharmaceutical industries to work out a deal.
第一步，我们必须，坐下来与来自保险和医药行业的代表一起协商，达成一个方案。
We are told this flame represents the "Olympic spirit," a spirit that burns strongest in the heart of the Olympic athlete.
我们认为奥林匹克火焰代表了“奥林匹克精神”，这种精神在奥林匹克参赛选手心中熊熊燃烧。
We are told not to dwell on this terrible thing, that the roads are so bad this is a common occurrence.
我们被告知不要再去想这件可怕的事情，路况很差，这种事故很平常。
Think SOM’s Burj Dubai, which, we are told, is designed “to embody the world’s highest aspirations”.
想象一下SOM的迪拜塔，那个被人们口传的，被设计成“体现世界上最高的愿望”建筑。
It's a theme repeated endlessly in wildlife documentaries. Again and again we are told how perfectly animals are adapted to their environment. It is, however, seldom true.
这是一个野生动物纪录片里没完没了重复不断的主题。这些纪录片一次又一次地告诉人们，动物是多么完美地适应它们的环境。然而，事实难得如此。
This is consistent with research showing that when our self-esteem is threatened (like when we are told we are unattractive) we are more likely to degrade others.
与研究所显示的一致，当我们的自尊受到威胁（比如我们被告知自己没有吸引力），我们可能会去贬低其他人。
Today we are told that because Chinese investors can only get 3.5 per cent on bank deposits, while inflation is running at 6.5 per cent, they have no alternative but to buy stocks.
如今，我们得知，中国投资者的银行储蓄回报率只有3.5%，而通胀率则高达6.5%。他们毫无选择，只能购买股票。
At school, from our parents and through the media we are told all the things we should want.
学校，父母，媒体都在不断教导我们应该想要什么。
These days, we are taught to be robots, to listen to the teacher and not to question, to accept what we are told and not to think, to be good employees and to shut up.
目前，我们被驯化成机器人，听从老师而不做提问，听从教导而不动脑筋，成为不敢有异议的老实员工。
We are told that the dream is not god-sent, that it is not of divine but of demonic origin.
梦并非神谕，也非神赐之物，而是源于“恶魔”，其本质是“魔”而非神，也就是说，梦不是超自然现象的反映，而是遵循于人类精神法则。
A perfect example is this. In order to find your passion, we are told to ask ourselves: “What would you do if you had a million dollars (tax free)?”
一个完美的例子是为了找寻你的激情我们被教导问我们自己:”如果你有一百万美金(免税) 你将会怎样做?
A perfect example is this. In order to find your passion, we are told to ask ourselves: “What would you do if you had a million dollars (tax free)?”
一个完美的例子是为了找寻你的激情我们被教导问我们自己:”如果你有一百万美金(免税) 你将会怎样做?
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