What fascinates me is that in its time the BT Tower was a building that was entirely about its function as a telecommunications tower: Its purpose was its height.

我觉得有意思的是，电信塔在当时纯粹就是为了实现作为电信通讯塔的功能：它的用途是它的高度。

youdao

Now, that fascinated me endlessly as a child, but what fascinates me even more today as an economist is that some of these same differences carry through to how languages speak about time.

这是小时候让我很好奇的事情，而现在我作为一个经济学家更加好奇的是不同的语言在如何表示时间上的差异。

youdao

You have more people skills, you are more likely to talk about what you do - because it fascinates you - and you build without knowing a specific context you create opportunities.

每天保持良好心情，你还会有更强的人际交往能力，更有可能对自己的工作高谈阔论-因为它让你着迷 -在不知特定背景的情况下，便创造好机会构建了这一切。

youdao

You have more people skills, you are more likely to talk about what you do - because it fascinates you - and you build without knowing a specific context you create opportunities.

每天保持良好心情，你还会有更强的人际交往能力，更有可能对自己的工作高谈阔论-因为它让你着迷 -在不知特定背景的情况下，便创造好机会构建了这一切。

youdao