If a discussion starts to become worse, try to change it by softening your tone or lowering your voice.

如果讨论开始变得更糟，试着通过柔化语调或降低声音来改变现状。

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You can try to change it little by little.

你可以一点一点改掉。

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Jem knew there was no hope of Dad's changing his mind or that Mother would try to change it for him.

杰姆知道要让爸爸改变他的主意，或者让妈妈帮他去劝爸爸是没有希望了。

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We could try to change it in a way that keeps much of the spirit of the personality theory, but avoids some of the problems we've just been looking at.

我们可以试着保留人格理论的精髓，但避开它给我们带来的问题。

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Some may guffaw at the notion that libertarians think working conditions should improve, but this is to confuse the desire for something to change with the desire for the government to try and change it (an all to common mistake).

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If they want to change the law, they should -- going back to what we can do -- what they can do, legislatively -- they should try to pass a law to change it.

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And then as I grew up, you know, I started to appreciate my culture and where they're from and so I decided, like you know, I don't like what's out there, so why don't I try doing something to change it too?

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