The modesty of the demand shook me.

这个要求如此微不足道，真使我震惊。

But these waterways seem minute in comparison to the world's two lengthiest rivers-the Nile and the Amazon.

但与世界上两条最长河流——尼罗河和亚马逊河相比，这些河似乎微不足道。

My grandfather was a very insignificant man.

我爷爷是个很微不足道人。

Which makes you wonder: What does it say about the human mind that we can find such paltry evidence to be compelling enough to convict a man?

如果在只有微不足道证据情况下我们就可以给一个人定罪，那这对人类思维来说意味着什？

Its roots were actually quite trivial and controversial.

它起源实际上是非常微不足道和有议。

So, it all started with the Europeans' humble chicken tariff.

所以，这一切都始于欧洲人对鸡肉微不足道关税。

But there was no escaping the fact that this conversion was superficial.

不可否认是这一变化微不足道。

And in per capita terms, that's really an insignificant amount.

按人均计算，这确是微不足道数量。

And if he does, all these other women don't amount to a hill of beans.

如果他要是你，那其他所有女人都微不足道。

Eating just simple sugars is almost as insignificant to your appetite as drinking water.

只吃糖对你食欲几乎和喝水一样微不足道。

What? -The evidence we have is minimal at best.

什？-我们拥有证据微不足道。

We might be in a bedsit at university or wandering the streets of the city at night on our own—when it occurs to us, with full force, how negligible a thing we are in the wider scheme.

我们可能正在大学宿舍里睡觉，或者晚上一个人在街上闲逛，然后突然意识到，在这个更加广阔宇宙中我们是多微不足道。

What Washington does — or doesn't do — to promote alternative energy may mean less and less at a time of a global shift in thought.

在全球能源意识发生转变大背景下，无论华盛顿在促进其他能源使用方面有所作为还是毫无作为，其意义可能会越来越微不足道。

When I first got away from home I thought this place was not worth troubling about. I thought our life here was contemptible.

我初离开家时，觉得这地方根本不值得花心思。我认为我们这儿生活太微不足道了。

I got a low-paying theater job in a play called imperfect love, which led to a film called 13 moons with the same writer, which led to other roles which led to other roles, and I've worked as an actor ever since.

我在一个叫《不完美爱》剧中得到了一个微不足道小角色，这让我获得了同一个编剧所编电影《13个亮》演出机会，因此也获得了一个又一个角色，从此展开演员生涯。

You can do small, trivial things and yet still get these benefits from doing this.

你仍然可以通过做一些微不足道小事儿来获取快乐。

I know that seems crazy and very small, but the thinner the rim, the better.

虽然这些细节看似微不足道，但杯口越薄，品酒体验越佳。

But the gates are nothing compared to what lies inside.

但与内部相比，大门显得微不足道。

NAFTA only increased the U.S. GDP by a few hundredths of a percent because relative to the size of the total economy, trade with Mexico and Canada isn't that big.

NAFTA仅仅使美国国民生产总值上升了几个百分点因为同整体经济相比，美国同墨西哥和加拿大贸易微不足道。

That's why it's crucial to develop good habits for anything you do in life, no matter how small or insignificant they seem.

这就是为什在生活中做任何事情都要养成好习惯，不管它们看起来多小或微不足道。