Wall Street in the past was viewed as an icon of success, but what it is now?
华尔街过去曾是成功的典范，可现在呢？
It involves analysing not why, but what it is that you've been focussing on that is causing you to feel down.
它需要你分析：你是因为在关注什么而导致沮丧的。
There don't seem to be too many examples of words other than midwife that retain an old meaning of mid but what it is believed to have mean was "with."
这里mid并不是中间的意思。似乎并没有特别多的例子与midwife这个词一样，沿用了mid古义，被认为有with的含义。
To understand Anonymous as a collective identity, the crucial question to be asked is not who the individuals are that use the mask, but what it is that this mask allows them to do.
为了了解作为公共身份的Anonymous，最重要的问题不是谁在使用这个面具，而是这个面具允许他们做什么。
Including the list of waiting and executing tasks in the management interface allows you to see not only how hard the application is working, but what it is working on right now.
在管理接口中包含等候和执行任务的列表，让您既可以看到应用程序的工作难度，又可以看到它目前的工作内容。
"What is it?" his wife asked again, gently but insistently.
“这是什么？”他妻子再次问道，语气温和但很坚决。
Another temporary discount may not be what you want, but at least it is a bird in the hand.
再一次临时打折可能达不到你所希望的，但至少这是已经到手的东西。
We know they smear a liquid on the tube, but we don't know where they secrete it from or what its chemical composition is.
我们知道它们在管上涂抹了一种液体，但我们不知道它们从哪里分泌出这种液体，也不知道它的化学成分是什么。
There were various views about what constitutes it, but there was agreement that such an essence exists—that is to say, that there is something by virtue of which man is man.
关于它是由什么构成的，人们有各种不同的看法，但大家一致认为，有这样一种本质是存在的，也就是说，有一种东西可以作为人就是人的依据。
When she left home she had slippers on, it is true; but what was the good of that?
当她离开家的时候，她穿着一双拖鞋，是这样没错；但那有什么用呢？
But it is also important to look at the wider picture of what happens when so many people live for 100 years.
但从更广泛的角度来看，当这么多人活到100岁时，会发生什么也很重要。
It sounds arrogant, but it is the truth: I do not feel I have given out even part of what I can give out.
这听起来很自大，但这是事实：我觉得我没有付出我能付出的，哪怕一部分。
Of course, but you know what it is like being a mother of a 13-year-old boy.
当然，但你知道作为一个13岁男孩的母亲是什么感觉。
I mean I've got some work I like, but is it really what a gallery is looking for?
我的意思是我有一些喜欢的作品，但这真的是画廊想要的吗？
At the back, students probably won't speak much, but in big classrooms, it can be hard to see the board and hear what the teacher is saying.
坐在后排的学生可能不会讲太多，但在大教室里，可能很难看到黑板，也很难听到老师在说什么。
What requires explanation is not why the sledge keeps going, but why it stops?
需要解释的不是为什么雪橇继续前进，而是它为什么停下来？
What is so impressive about it, however, is not its lengthiness but rather the reverse — the thrifty compactness of its construction.
然而，令人印象深刻的不是它的冗长，恰恰相反——是它简洁紧凑的结构。
But in fact, what kills the frog is its own inability to decide when it has to jump out.
但事实上，杀死青蛙的原因是它自己不能决定什么时候跳出来。
We're headed towards an urban planet no matter what, but whether it becomes a heaven or a hell is up to us.
无论如何，我们都在朝着一个城市星球迈进，但它会变成天堂还是地狱取决于我们。
Complaining is usually most effective when it is done politely but firmly, and especially when the consumer can demonstrate what is wrong with the item in question.
投诉时语气礼貌且态度坚决通常是最有效的，尤其是当消费者能说明这个物品哪里出了问题时，更加如此。
"That is all very well," said he, "but still I do not know what it is to shudder!"
“这很好，”他说，“但我还是不知道害怕是怎么回事！”
It may be that the value of Whole Foods to Amazon is not so much the 460 shops it owns, but the records of which customers have purchased what.
也许对亚马逊来说，全食的价值不在于拥有的460家店铺，而在于顾客购买商品的记录。
The artists may not think of what they do as recycling, but that's exactly what it is.
艺术家们可能认为他们所做的不是回收利用，但这的确是回收利用。
If you are looking for a new hobby, but you're not sure what it is, please read the passage.
如果你正在寻找一个新的爱好，但你不确定它是什么，请阅读这篇文章。
Life is like a story. What matters is not how long it is but how good it is.
人生就像一个故事。重要的不是它有多长，而是它有多好。
I can't remember what it is named, but it has two strings and is a bit like a violin.
我不记得它叫什么了，但它有两根弦，而且有点像小提琴。
This is only a small selection, but it reveals huge differences in what artists do.
这只是一小部分，但它揭示了艺术家们所做的巨大差异。
The man said, "I only wrote the truth, I said what you said, but in a different way." What he had written was, "Today is a beautiful day, but I cannot see it." We're very lucky because we can not only see the beautiful world but also help others. So, enjoy what you have owned today!
这个人说：“我只是写出了真相，我说了你所说的，但方式不同。” 他所写的是：“今天是美好的一天，但我却看不见它。”我们很幸运，因为我们不仅可以看到美丽的世界，也帮助别人看到美丽的世界。所以，享受你今天所拥有的吧！
The problem some people have with homework is not that they find it too hard, or that it takes too long, but that they forget what they have to do and for when.
有些人在做作业时遇到的问题不是他们觉得太难，或者作业时间太长，而是他们忘记了必须做什么以及什么时候做。
It is stuck because the euro zone's dominant powers, France and Germany, agree on the need for greater harmonization within the euro zone, but disagree about what to harmonize.
它之所以陷入僵局，是因为欧元区的主导力量——法国和德国，都认为有必要在欧元区内部加强协调，但他们在协调哪些方面存在分歧。
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