Success always seems as inevitable in retrospect as it is elusive when sought.

人们想过去的候，总得成功本来是十拿九稳的，而在追求成功，它却虚无缥缈。

I contemplated the startling turn of events.

我想着事情出人意料的变化。

Harry cast about for a happy memory.

哈利努力想，寻找快乐的。

Fifteen years later, she struggles to conjure the details.

15后的今天，想论文的细节她显得有些吃力。

In retrospect, clouds were gathering on the horizon.

想起来，乌云已经开始在地平线上集结了。

In retrospect, I wish I had listened to him, but I didn't.

现在想起来，我真希望我当听了他的话，但我没有。

This leaves you stuck with familiarity, but no recollection.

这让你被似曾相识的住，但是想不起来。

I closed my eyes and thought back.

我闭上眼睛，开始想。

Or, In retrospect, he should've studied something different at college.

或者，" 想起来，他上大学的候真该学点别的。

Think back to Don Corleone's statement. I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse.

想一下唐·科里昂的话：我要提出一个他无法拒绝的条件。

In retrospect, he stands by that judgment.

现在想起来，他依然坚持自己的评判。

I'm gonna look back on this moment and laugh.

对呀 我往后想起来一定笑死。

And I'm reviewing my knowledge of invertebrate zoology.

我还在想有关无脊椎动物学的知识。

But I had some very difficult times here too.

如今浪漫地想求学光是很容易的。

I'd go back and look at some of the interviews again.

我会再想面试的情形。

Think back to those life-changing decisions that we talked about earlier.

想一下我们之前谈到的那些足以改变人生的决定。

The next day I tried to recall the meanings of the words in both lists.

第二天，我试着想这两张生词表上面，每个单词的意思。

You just are constantly, it's there, it's in your mind.

通过不地想，记扎根脑海。

So, let's go to our two cases.

想下之前的两个例子。

So, if you think about your class time, that is highly regimented.

如果你想一下课堂间，不难发现那是有严格规定的。