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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。
Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.
太多的人在寻找合适的人，而不是努力成为合适的人。
Instead of going to college, I spent my time out on the road learning how to be a better musician.
我没有上大学，而是把时间花在学习如何成为一名更好的音乐家上。
Just once I would like to persuade the audience not to wear any article of blue denim. If only they could see themselves in a pair of brown corduroys like mine instead of this awful, boring blue denim.
只有一次我想说服观众不要穿任何蓝色牛仔布的衣服。要是他们能看到自己穿一条像我的一样的棕色灯芯绒裤子，而不是这条糟糕、乏味的蓝色牛仔布就好了。
I so desperately wanted to be Mr. Somebody. Instead, I was the little brother, included to a point.
我非常想成为某某先生。相反，在某种程度上，我是小弟弟。
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。
I don't care what anybody says. Stick to the spirit of the play and you're doing it right. It's about embracing the spirit of the text instead of noodling some idea about things.
我不在乎别人怎么说。坚持戏剧的精神，你就做对了。它是关于拥抱文本的精神，而不是思考一些事情。