How many times have I heard people say, "I could write a book. I just haven't the time."

我曾好多次听到人们说：“我可以写一本书，但就是没有时间。”

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I could write a policy as a senator or as a mayor, and I could see the effect maybe in eight years.

我可以作为一个参议院或是市长拟定一个政策，我可能在8年后才会看到效果。

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I could write a novel.

我能写小说的。

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But I could write that same policy and write a simulator around it and write populations around it and I could see that effect instantly with a computer.

但我可以写出同样的政策,并且为之编写出一个模拟环境,和一些模拟人群,我就可以立即在电脑上看到结果。

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So, I could write a policy as a senator or as a mayor and I could see the effect maybe in eight years.

我可以作为一个参议院或是市长拟定一个政策,我可能在8年后才会看到效果。

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I could write some mathematics to try and-- but I think it's so simple and obvious.

我也可以写些公式来讲,但我觉得已经够清晰明了了

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He said he was making a movie and asked if I could write music for it.

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In short I could write a book about the inaccuracies of your report.

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There is a lot more I could write about this topic.

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