The supposed importance of influentials derives from a plausible sounding but largely untested theory called the " two step flow of communication" : Information flows from the media to the influentials and from them to everyone else.

人们之所认为影响者很重要，是源于" 两级传播" 理论。即信息先从媒体流向影响者，然后再从影响者流向其他人。这一理论看似合理，但未经验证。

For every two steps forward, it often feels we take one step back.

我们前进两步，常会倒退一步。

Two steps forward, one step back.

欲速则不达啊。

It's often been a two steps forward and one step back.

经常是前进两步后退一步。

With practice, you can combine these two steps.

你这两个步骤结合起来。

So these are the first two steps.

所这是头两步。

OK, the word was 'authentication' - now, that's confirmation that someone is who they say they are. And the company actually uses two steps to do this.

那个单词是“认证”，即确认某人是否真的是自称的那个人。这些公司这样做需要经过两个步骤。

Otherwise, you're taking one step forward and two steps back.

否则，你就会前进一步，后退两步。

Maybe two steps you need to follow.

或许你需要做两件事情。

Anybody wearing a turquoise suit is two steps below The Joker.

任何穿着绿松石西装的人比小丑低两步。

He appeared, and in two steps was by her side.

他出现了，两步就走到她的身边。

So you want a bill just two steps left of Karl Marx.

你想要个比马克还左的法案吗。

She took two steps away from the tree and turned round.

她从那棵树迈出两步，然后转过身来。

OK, we have talked about the two steps.

好的，我们已经讨论了这两个步骤。

They said it is " endangered." That means it is two steps from being extinct.

他们说这是“濒危物种”。这意味着它距离灭绝只有两步之遥。

Secondly, vitamin D must become metabolically active, and this process also has two steps.

其次，维生素D需要有代谢活性，这一过程细分为两步。

The second and more common way to change the Constitution has two steps.

第二种更常见的变更宪法的方式分为两步。

Maybe two steps you need to follow.

或许你需要做两件事情。

If after these two steps you still feel intrigued, move on to the next one.

如果在这两个步骤之后你仍然感到好奇，那就继续下一个步骤。

Nick walked up the two steps and pushed the bell.

尼克走上两个踏级，揿一揿铃。