Don't write down something specific such as you want to be a tap dancer or a farmer.

不要写很详细的事项，比如你想成为一个踢踏舞者或者一个农夫。

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We should listen and watch carefully and write down something interesting when you visit the museum.

参观时要认真听，仔细看并记下有趣的东西。

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She called down something about coal dust and sawdust, someone called back up to her, and she laughed.

她朝楼下说了一句煤灰和锯屑的话，有个人回了她一句，她发出笑声。

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More problems can develop if a person looks down his nose at someone or something.

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But to find a common denominator where we can all talk, where we don't find ourselves divided by religion or culture anymore, because we've got down something so essential.

我们所找的共通之处可以使我们彼此交流，让我们发现我们,不再被宗教与文化分隔开来，因为我们已经获得了最本质的东西。

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But within all of these groups is an attempted try to get down something that's so fundamental, and we just have to safeguard. I'm thinking broadly in terms of social justice criteria, others may say human dignity. There're certain things we do to safeguard others' human dignity.

但在所有这些群体中都有一种努力,在尝试着记录下最根本的东西，而我们要做的就是维护，我在广泛思考着,社会正义的标准，其他人可能会说是人的尊严，有些事情,我们会做从而维护他人的尊严。

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For a lot of executives, the typical workday goes down something like this.

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In a dark room, you can put down something very pale and it will look incredibly pretty without becoming washed out.

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When it's time to nail down something, we very often sneak away.

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