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而不是
Instead
Promote what you love instead of bashing what you hate.
推广你喜欢的，而不是抨击你讨厌的。
Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.
芝加哥似乎是个大城市，而不仅仅是一个大地方。
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead.
有时候爱能持久，但有时候爱又如此伤人。
See things as you would have them be instead of as they are.
看到你想要的东西，而不是它们本来的样子。
Sometimes the things we can't change, end up changing us instead.
有时候，我们无法改变的事情，最终却改变了我们。
I wanted to tell you all my secrets, but you became one of them instead.
我本想告诉你我所有的秘密，但你却成了其中之一。
My husband thinks he's compromising if we have one cook instead of three.
我丈夫认为如果我们有一个厨师而不是三个，他是在妥协。
Instead of me having a breakdown, I'm focusing on me having a breakthrough.
我没有崩溃，而是专注于自己的突破。
I'm very much inclined to be a next-chapter guy instead of a last-chapter guy.
我更倾向于做下一章的人，而不是做最后一章的人。
Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.
歌剧是一个人被背后捅了一刀，他没有死，而是唱歌。
If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, than there'd be peace.
如果每个人都要求和平而不是另一台电视机，那么就会有和平。
I didn't go to the lectures. My valet, who was more distinguished than I, went instead.
我没有去听讲座。我的男仆比我高贵，他代替我去了。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Too many people go through life waiting for things to happen instead of making them happen!
太多的人一辈子都在等待事情发生，而不是让它们发生!
There was so much that you could do, instead of looking for things that you couldn't do.
你能做的有很多，而不是去寻找你做不到的事情。
My mother said to me, "If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope." Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.
妈妈对我说:“如果你是一名士兵，你就会成为一名将军。”如果你是个和尚，你就会成为教皇。”相反，我是个画家，后来成了毕加索。
It's bad enough that I'm an actress that wants to be recognized as an actress. Instead, I am known for doing game shows.
我是一个想要被认可为女演员的女演员，这已经够糟糕的了。相反，我以做游戏节目而闻名。
I want to hold your hand when i'm hurt instead of having to hold someone else's because you're the one hurting me.
当我受伤的时候，我想牵着你的手，而不是因为你是那个伤害我的人而不得不牵着别人的手。
In our day, when a pitcher got into trouble in a game, instead of taking him out, our manager would leave him in and tell him to pitch his way out of trouble.
在我们那个年代，当一个投手在比赛中遇到麻烦时，我们的教练不会把他罚出去，而是让他留在场上，让他投球来摆脱麻烦。