Let me just lay out the overview at the beginning.

我先列一下今天大纲。

We began believing that our purpose lay in our importance, but we forfeited our power.

我们开始相信我们意志存在于对自身认同，但我们失去了种力量。

It did lay bare divisions in both parties.

这确暴露了两党分歧。

We lay on the beach, saturated in the sunshine.

我们躺在沙滩上，沐浴着阳光。

I lay outstretched, strength gone, nearly unconscious.

我没有气力地躺下来，差不多失去了知觉。

I ought to have guessed all the affection that lay behind her poor little strategems.

我本应该猜出在爱怜花招后面所隐藏温情。

Tsaparang lay amidst a vast and arid desert.

札布让位在一望无际干漠中。

Sophie closed her eyes and lay quite still.

苏菲合上眼睛，一动不动地躺着。

Stalagmites grow up where lime laid and drips hit the cave floor.

含有石灰质水滴落石床形成石笋。

They cannot lay their eggs on ice for they would freeze.

它们不能在冰上产蛋 样蛋会冻住。

She unclasped the necklet quickly; quickly, without looking, laid it inside.

迅速解下围巾，看也不看，很快地把它放进了盒子。

She couldn't have laid it on thicker.

真是已经口不择言了。

What does this mean? -We'll be laying off people.

这代表什么? -每个部门都得裁员。

According to the statues, customs and laws laid down by your forbears?

你是否愿意庄严宣誓将统领这个王国土地和它民。并遵循你祖先传下习俗以及法律。

They've had to lay off employees.

他们不得不解雇员工。

Leaders encouraged them to lay their anger aside out of respect for the slain officers.

领导们鼓励警官们将愤怒暂时放在一边缅怀被害同事。

You have laid the foundations of our future success.

你们为我们未来成功奠定了坚实基础。

Teddy lay on the ground, bleeding profusely.

特迪躺在地上，鲜血直流。

Near their trembling fingertips lay cyanide capsules.

他们颤抖手里攥着氰化物胶囊。

And they keep breeding, laying their eggs in the earth in pastoral and agricultural lands.

而蝗虫还在继续繁殖，在牧场和农田里产卵。