生意场上
A：I would suggest that you use this material instead of that .
我建议你改用这种替代那种。
B：But that costs more .
可是那样成本较高。
A：But you will get less waste from this .
但可以减少浪费。
B：We‘ll try it once .
那么就试一次看看吧。
Psychological Counseling-(心理咨询)
A：One of my students told me she was very depressed today.
我的一个学生告诉我她今天心情很坏。
B：Why?
怎么了？
A：Her father is dying.
她的爸爸快死了。
B：Oh, that’s very sad.
哦，真令人难过。
A：Yeah, she’s broken up about it, poor kid.
是呀，她无法承受这件事，真可怜。
B：What did you do?
你怎么做的？
A：I talked to her for a while, but she’s really depressed. So, I made an appointment with the school counselor for her.
我跟她谈了一会儿，但是她还很沮丧。所以，我便为她约了学校的咨询顾问。
B：That’s a good idea. The counselor is a psychologist. He’s better trained to handle these sorts of things.
这个办法不错。顾问是心理学家。对于处理这些事情他受过良好的培训。
A：Yeah, that’s what I told her. I’m glad she’s reaching out for help, instead of trying to deal with this on her own.
是，我也是这样和她说的。我很高兴她可以求援而不是自己一个人承担了。
B：Yeah, me too.
是的，我也有同感。
Cable TV-(有线电视)
A：Mom, can we get cable TV or a satellite dish?
妈妈，我们可以装有线电视或者卫星电视吗？
B：It costs money, dear. What’s wrong with the regular television stations?
亲爱的，那可很贵呢。一般的电视台有什么不好？
A：The shows are dull and they’re too many advertisements.
这些节目都很没趣，而且广告太多了。
B：Well, you already watch too much TV instead of doing your homework, anyway.
哦，你可是光看那么多电视不做作业了。
A：There ’re educational stations too. I could learn while I watched TV.
（卫星电视）也有教育电视台嘛。我可以一边看电视一边学习。
B：Well, that’s true, but you’d probably only watch cartoons and action movies.
哦，那倒是真的。可是你可能只会看卡通片或动作片哦。
A：No I wouldn’t…can’t we get cable? Everybody has cable.
不，我不会的。我们不可以装有线电视吗？家家都有。
B：Well, if everybody jumped off a bridge, would you jump too?
那么，如果人人都跳河，你也跟着跳吗？
A：Mom!!!! Please. All my friends have had it for years.
妈妈！拜托，我的朋友们几年前就有了。
B：Get new friends.
那就交一些新朋友。
A：Why are you always so mean?
你为什么总是这么小气？
B：Because you’d end up spoiled rotten if I wasn’t.
如果我不这样的话你肯定会被我宠得不行的。
A：I could help pay for it.
那我也可以出一部分钱嘛。
B：Let’s see how your grades are this semester, and maybe I’ll talk to your father about it.
我们看看你这个学期考得怎么样，然后我倒可以和你爸爸商量一下。
A：O.K. Thanks, Mom!
好的，谢谢妈妈。
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2. 代替,而不是：instead of 代替;而不是 | interfere with 干涉;干预;妨碍;干扰;影响 | involve in 涉及;卷入;陷入;使进入;使连累
3. 代替：in the charge of 由......掌管 | in honour of 为了纪念,为向......表示敬意 | instead of 代替
4. 替代,而不是：in vain 徒劳,白费力 | instead of 替代,而不是 | bear...in mind 记住(某事)
1. Business is now sometimes done with private Chinese oil companies instead of the China Oil Ministry.
2. Unlike the British man, the current generation of business people act instead of think.
3. Instead of paying business tax on all transactions in the industrial chain, modern service providers will pay 6 percent VAT.
4. Some producers currently use cocoa butter substitute processed with edible lipids instead of cocoa butter made from cacao.
5. They tended to mend their own clothes instead of buy new ones, and searched for foreclosed homes to save money.
6. Long is not the first official encouraging people to rent an apartment instead of buying one.
7. Instead of buying it at full price at department stores, she tries to find them at places such as the zoo market.
8. Such a policy would allow banks to sell more dollars than they buy, instead of buying more dollars than they sell.
9. If life is a journey instead of a race to reach a destination, then you should value the four years by all means.
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10. Instead, the endangered animals could go abroad only by means of leasing.