A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
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。
Instead of asking "what do I want from life?" a more powerful question is "what does life want from me?
与其问“我想从生活中得到什么?”，不如问“生活想从我身上得到什么?”
Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
与其担心别人对你的评价，为什么不花时间去做一些他们欣赏的事情呢?
I can't really do the running on hard ground that I used to do. Instead I go swimming as often as possible.
我不能像以前那样在硬地上跑步了。相反，我尽可能经常去游泳。
Could you say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am? It's just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title. I'd appreciate it.
你能把“女士”说成“参议员”吗?这只是一件事。我很努力才得到那个头衔。我会很感激的。
Very few entrepreneurs start their business on the back of market research. Instead, they have tremendous zeitgeist, honed by paying attention to where they are.
很少有企业家是在市场调研的基础上创业的。相反，他们拥有巨大的时代精神，通过关注自己所处的位置而磨练出来。
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.
当我们诚实地问自己生命中谁对我们最重要时，我们常常发现，是那些人，他们没有给出建议、解决方案或治愈方法，而是选择与我们分享痛苦，用温暖而温柔的手触摸我们的伤口。