I did not believe there was really any good to be had in tearing me away from my home and throwing me into the huge, high-walled building.

我才不相信把我从家里拽出来，扔进那个、高墙建筑里会对我有什么真正好处呢。

It seems that we use our language, not just to cooperate, but to draw rings around our cooperative groups and to establish identities, and perhaps to protect our knowledge and wisdom and skills from being stolen from outside.

似乎我们使用语言，不仅仅是为了合作，而且是为了我们合作群体建立联系，建立身份，也许是为了保护我们知识、智慧和技能不被外界窃取。

Local politics revolves around blocking development on greenbelt land.

当地政策着阻碍绿地发展项目。

No one disputes the costs in quality of life and depleted health budgets of an obese population, but the quest for solutions gets diverted by ideological arguments around responsibility and choice.

公认是，肥胖人口会降低生活质量及耗尽生预算，但解决方案寻找却被责任和选择意识形态争论所转移。

Then tiny molecular strands, just 192 atoms long, assembled themselves around the ions.

然后，只有192原子长小分子链金属离子聚集起来。

Controversy continues to surround the true value of the dollar bill.

美元纸币真正价值争论仍在继续。

The one that surrounds and orbits Earth.

这是一个着地球垃圾堆。

But now, everything is situated around guns.

但是现在，一切都着枪。

But the violence is all around them.

但暴力依着他们。

At this point, you've got through your agenda, made sure that everyone has a chance to speak, and stayed on topic.

到这时你已经走完议程了，确保了所有人都有机会谈话，也保持了讨论着主题。

Of course, those teen years weren't necessarily carefree, they're famously confusing, which is why so many TV shows and movies revolve around high school turmoil.

当然，少年时光不一定是无忧无虑，那段时期令人迷茫是众所周知，这也正是为什么会有如此之多电视剧和电影骚动高中生活而展开。

The Chinese calendar is organized around lunar months.

中国日历是着阴历月份来设计。

His face always blushes when he is surrounded by a lot of girls.

被一群女孩时他就会脸红。

Choices around fashion are always embedded in a social structure in which there are expectations.

时尚选择总是植根于社会结构，人们对此是有期待。

Almost all of the bills, it says, center on sexuality, gender identity, or race.

它说，几乎所有法案都着性取向、性别认同或种族。

The first test structure must be erected around the life we choose to try.

人生第一个试验性规划一定要我们选择尝试生活去建立。

I'd say right now, the whole country is very polarized and people have taken sides and all conversations, whether on social media, on streets, on corners, in villages, is all revolving around politics.

我现在想说是，整个国家非常极化而且人民已经占据主导, 而所有对话, 无论是在社会媒体, 在街道, 在角落, 在农村, 都是政治。

There was a pale mist on the far-off sea and sky, and up around the sun were white clouds edged with the hues of pinks and violets.

遥远海边和天空中都飘着一层白雾，太阳四周着白云，全都镶上了粉红和紫罗兰色云边。

And our conversation was not so much about acting ability or anything. It's about " Are you up for a stunt? "

我们对话没有演技打转或是其他什么。他问我，你能接受特技效果吗？

Alice looked down at the little people all around her.

爱丽丝向下看着着她小人。