And that applies to much more than just writing: take the time to pare whatever you do down to the essentials, and you'll be left with something so much more amazing.
这个(简化的)原则同样适用于写作以外的事情：我们需要花费一些时间对你做的事情进行简化然后你会发现简化后剩下的精华部分会给你一种非常美妙的感觉。
Buying green can establish the moral credentials that license subsequent bad behaviour: the rosier your view of yourself, the more likely you are to hoard your money and do down other people.
购买环保商品能够为消费者提供一种道德凭据，从而纵容接下来不好的行为：你把自己看的越高尚，却越是有可能把钱藏起来而不愿意分给其他人。
Our mothers sat us down to read and paint, when all we really wanted to do was to make a mess.
我们的妈妈们让我们坐下读书、画画，而我们真正想要做的却是胡闹一阵。
Do you get puffed out running up and down the stairs?
你会因为跑上跑下楼梯而气喘吁吁吗？
Do you think we can glide down this glacier?
你觉得我们可以从冰河上滑行下去吗？
Do I need to go down the stairs?
我要下楼吗？
I'm not sure what I'll do when the chips are down.
我拿不准到了关键时刻我会干出些什么事来。
Christine uses her journal to jot down ideas and lists of things to do.
克里斯蒂娜用她的日志簿简单记下自己的想法和要做的事情清单。
Write down the sort of thing you would like to do, given the opportunity.
如果有机会，请写下你想做的那类事。
我填不出第3个竖行。
What do you put her success down to?
你认为她是靠什么成功的？
I think that it comes down to the fact that people do feel very dependent on their automobiles.
我认为这主要涉及到人们的确感到非常依赖他们的汽车这样一个事实。
No matter what a woman tries to do to improve her situation, there is some barrier or attitude to keep her down.
不管女性如何试图改善自己的境遇，总有障碍或看法压制她们。
I know that I do put people down occasionally.
我知道我有时候确实会伤人面子。
The luxury tax won't really do much to pare down the budget deficit.
奢侈品税不能真的在削减预算赤字上起到多大作用。
We needed to do decimals to round up and round down numbers.
我们需要把小数四舍五入成整数。
Do you know the correct way to shut the machine down?
你知道这台机器该怎么关吗？
Whatever you're planning to do, write it down.
无论你打算做什么，都要写下来。
All you can do is lie down and rest.
你所能做的就是躺下来休息。
What the government should do is to calm down the public whenever they are in panic.
政府应该做的，是在公众恐慌的时候让他们安下心来。
"I want to do it before the sun goes quite—quite down," he said.
“我想在太阳落山之前完成它。”他说。
As you do this, write down the information that supports your ideas in a valuable way.
当你这样做的时候，以有价值的方式写下支持你观点的信息。
All you have to do is squat up and down really fast.
你所要做的就是真正快速地上下蹲坐。
He could do a few while he was sitting down.
他坐着的时候可以做几下。
He called down angrily, "What do you want at this hour of night?"
他生气地朝下喊道：“这么晚了，你想干什么？”
Most Thai people do not sit down to eat a proper meal because they usually eat when they are hungry, especially kids and teenagers.
大多数泰国人不会坐下来吃一顿像样的饭，因为他们通常会在饿的时候吃，尤其是孩子和青少年。
When you grow crops and pasture your animals, one of the things you do is you cut down the forests.
当你种植农作物、喂养牲口时，你要做的其中一件事就是砍伐森林。
I will willingly go away with you, but I do not know how to get down.
我很愿意和你一起走，但是我不知道怎么下去。
This proved that Murphy' s Law is true: If the toast can land butter side down, it will do so.
这就证明了墨菲定律是正确的：如果面包片上的黄油能朝下，它就会朝下。
If you do climb higher sooner, come back down to a lower height when you sleep.
如果你真的很快爬到了更高的地方，那就在你睡觉的时候回到较低的高度。
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