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想法
Idea
I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams.
我从来没有想过要写一个故事。我做了很多无聊的梦。
My understanding is that Olivia had no idea what was going on.
我的理解是奥利维亚根本不知道发生了什么。
I don't believe in this idea of, 'That's hate speech, stop it.'
我不相信那种‘那是仇恨言论，住手’的想法。
If you write songs you have an idea how they're going to sound.
如果你写歌，你就知道它们的发音。
An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.
一个全新的想法是人类所知的最稀有的东西之一。
The study of an idea is, of necessity, the story of many things.
对一种思想的研究，必然是许多事物的故事。
Nanotechnology is an idea that most people simply didn't believe.
纳米技术是一个大多数人根本不相信的概念。
You have this enormous network and no one knows what's out there.
你有一个庞大的网络，没有人知道那里有什么。
Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
名声意味着成千上万的人对你有错误的认识。
To stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings.
为了保持领先，你必须要有下一个想法。
I had no idea there were so many ways you could burn yourself out.
我不知道有这么多方法可以让你精疲力尽。
The Tube is a vehicle for selling things, not for exploring ideas.
地铁是用来卖东西的，而不是用来探索想法的。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Winning the Outstanding Contribution award is great, because you know you have won in advance. Previously, I have been really nervous during the ceremony because you have no idea if you are going to get called up on stage. This time I could relax and enjoy myself.
获得杰出贡献奖是很了不起的，因为你知道你已经提前赢了。以前，我在颁奖典礼上一直很紧张，因为你不知道你是否会被叫上台。这一次我可以放松和享受自己。
The idea that maybe you don't have to own a car if you only need one occasionally may catch on, just like time-sharing caught on in real estate.
如果你只是偶尔需要一辆车，也许你不必拥有一辆车，这种想法可能会流行起来，就像分时度假在房地产中流行一样。
Let’s never forget that whatever brilliant ideas you have or hear, that the opposite may also be true.
让我们永远不要忘记，无论你有什么或听到什么绝妙的想法，反过来也可能是正确的。
We gave up on the idea of trying to make the record a good representation of the live performance.
我们放弃了让唱片很好地再现现场表演的想法。
My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.
我心目中的女超人是那种自己擦地板的人。
When you have an idea for a story, you want those characters to reach as many people as you can. I think you normally think of prose as a way of doing that. It fits our time, the culture.
当你对一个故事有一个想法时，你希望这些角色能够接触到尽可能多的人。我想你通常认为散文是一种方式。它符合我们的时代和文化。