One day when I was walking with my nurse along the city street, I asked, "Jane what's under the street?"
一天，当我和护士沿着城市街道散步时，我问：“简，街道下面是什么？”
When a Korean woman who lives in the United States arrived at work one morning, her boss asked her, "Did you get a plate?"
一天早上，一位住在美国的韩国妇女来上班，她的老板问她：“你拿到盘子了吗？”
What troubled the teacher was that no one present made an answer when asked who had broken the window, so he didn't know who was to blame.
令老师烦恼的是，问起谁打破了窗户时，在场的人没有一个回答，所以他不知道该责怪谁。
It's a common problem, the one I'm asked about most when I'm on the lecture circuit.
这是个常见问题，一个在我巡回演讲时人们最常问到的问题。
When employees log in to their computers, they're shown a picture of one of their coworkers and asked to guess that person's name.
当员工登录电脑时，他们会看到一张同事的照片，还要猜出那个人的名字。
One day, when her son asked the same question again, she decided to prepare a big meal for him with the only 6 dollars in her hand.
有一天，儿子又问了同样的问题，她决定用手里仅有的6美元为他准备一顿大餐。
One day, when her son asked the same question again, she bought some food with her only 5 dollars and cooked a big meal for him at home.
有一天，当她的儿子再次问起同样的问题时，她用自己仅有的5美元买了一些食物，在家里为他做了一顿大餐。
One day, Zak asked his grandfather, "When you sleep, do you put your beard over or under the quilt (被子)?"
一天，扎克问他的爷爷：“你睡觉时会把胡子放在被子上面还是被子下面？”
One day her mother asked her: "But Helen, why do you never wear glasses when you are with Jim?"
有一天妈妈问她：“海伦，你和吉姆在一起时为什么从不戴眼镜？”
People at the party were polite to me, but one of the waiters gave me the cold shoulder when I asked for a drink.
每个参加聚会的人倒是对我都很客气。可是当我问一个服务员要一杯饮料的时候，他对我特别冷淡。
I was confronted with this question when I was asked to examine one team's performance problems.
我在被要求对一个小组的性能问题进行检查时遇到了这个问题。
That is precisely what happened when they were asked to rate the same set of faces one more time.
而这正是当测试者们被要求对相同的面孔孔图片再次排序时候发生的事情。
Finally, when asked to name their heroes, nearly half of respondents mentioned one or both of their parents.
最后，当调查对象被要求说出自己心目中的“英雄”时，近一半的人提到父母中的一人或双亲。
But when I asked my mom what one was, she started crying.
然而当我问起妈妈的时候，她却嚎啕大哭了起来。
The low spot for Jones came when he was asked why he had replied to one interlocutor that he wasn't going to make his data available, because he only wanted to find something wrong with it.
琼斯在回答一位提问者时，曾说他不打算公开自己的数据，因为他只打算利用这些数据来找出有问题的地方。当被问及他为何这样回答时，琼斯处于不利地位。
When I confronted one German man about this, I asked him who the Prime Minister of Japan was. He had no clue.
有一次我遇到一个德国人，我问他谁是日本的首相，他毫无头绪。
One night when he finished the story, he asked Jenny, “Do you love me”
有一天晚上，当爸爸讲完了故事，他问詹妮：“你爱爸爸吗？”
One night when he finished the story, he asked Jenny, "Do you love me"?
有一天晚上，当爸爸讲完了故事，他问詹妮：“你爱爸爸吗？”
Say yes to giving a charitable donation at your local merchant when asked (give one more time than you had planned to give).
如果一个当地的商店请求你做一次慈善捐助时表示同意。
As one farmer asked when a British company acquired forestry rights in Tanzania: "How come others are selling our land."
应该是就像一位当地农民询问英国公司何时收购了坦桑尼亚的森林权时问到的那样：“为何其他人在卖我们的土地？”
One of them asked:" I wonder what they eat when they can't find food on the bird table?"
其中一个问：“我想知道它们在那上面找不着食时吃什么呢？”
Recently, when one of my readers met Julie, he asked her, "Why on earth did you marry A. J.?"
最近，我的一个读者见到朱莉时问她，“你究竟为什么嫁给贾格布斯？”
He had long passed sixty, when, one day, some one asked him: "Have you never been married?"
一天在他早已过了六十岁时，有个人问他：“难道您从来没有结过婚吗？”他说：“我忘了。”
Mr. Abraham promised David that he would never needto worry about his son, and he says he repeated the promise 12 yearslater, when David, on his deathbed, asked about George one last time.
亚伯拉罕向大卫保证他可以不要再担心他的儿子，大卫再三重复这个要求，直到12年后，在他临终前，最后一次嘱咐亚伯拉罕要照顾好乔治。
When we came nearer to the centre for senior citizens, one of the passengers asked the driver to wait.
当我们来到老年人中心附近的时候，一个乘客让司机停下来等一下。
Still, when asked later to evaluate the two men, people said the one who got the award was smarter, more talented, better at solving puzzles and more productive.
然而，当试验结束后被要求评价那两个人时，人们还是说，得到奖励的那个人更聪明，更有天赋，更有能力，也更有效率。
When asked about giving people ideas, one of the characters noted that it is easy - just tell them to not think about something, like don't think about an elephant.
当被问及如何给人想法时，其中一个角色说，这很简单——只要告诉他们不要想某些事就成，例如，不要想一头大象。
When asked about giving people ideas, one of the characters noted that it is easy - just tell them to not think about something, like don't think about an elephant.
当被问及如何给人想法时，其中一个角色说，这很简单——只要告诉他们不要想某些事就成，例如，不要想一头大象。
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