Rather than think of its syntax as just a line of text, consider what it "looks" like from a computer-language standpoint, as shown in Figure 1.

不要只将它的语法视为一行文本，而是要从计算机语言的角度上考虑它看起来像什么，如图1所示。

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Rather than think 'if and when,' start doing, take action, stop talking about 'if and when.

与其想什么‘要是’和‘等到’，不如去做，去行动，不要再谈什么‘要是’和‘等到’了。

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"So,we think this is going to create a very dire situation where some of us might think of it as genocide by other means rather than by bullets - killing these people slowly through starvation, disease and lack of sanitation,"

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Rather than thinking of a teacher necessarily, one can think of an individual acts more like a mentor or coach in certain settings.

不必要一定要有个老师，你可以想成一个人在某个领域,作为指导者或是教练。

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But I think it's better to come study here rather than stay in Spain just because of the system again.

但我觉得来到这里学习比留在西班牙好，因为这里的体制比较好。

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Make the conversation about the audience, rather than what you think about the product.

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I'd rather give a sense of what they did discuss rather than what I think may discuss.

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"Now that Starbucks has stepped up to the plate and announced they are going to be making this payment I think rather than everybody sneering at them, people should welcome that, " he said.

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