So what if, instead of dropping the rock, we throw it?

所以如果不考虑扔石头，而是抛出去呢？

What if, instead of a thousand, I should find two thousand?

“树上如果不是一千，而是两千呢？

And what if, instead of being a time traveler, you met one?

如果，你不是时间旅行者，而是遇到了一位时间旅行者呢？

What if instead of calling them fears, we called them stories?

如果我们称它们为故事而非恐惧，会怎么样？

What if instead of waiting, we could create brand-new, customized organs from scratch?

如果除了等待，我们还有办法从无到有，创造出全新的、定制的器官呢？

But what if instead of becoming a louder sound, it became quieter?

但是如果声音不是变大了，而是变小了呢?

So what if instead of stopping time you just slowed it down significantly?

那么如果不是静止时间，而是让它慢下来呢？

Finally, what if instead of changing your commute, you just stopped commuting altogether?

最后，如果你不改变你的通勤方式，而是完全停止通勤呢？

Or if, instead of two thousand, I should find five thousand--or one hundred thousand?

树上如果不是两千，而是五千呢，或者是一万呢？

Asking " what if, " instead of asking about the past, forces the brain to simulate.

问“假设”类问题，而不是问关于过去的问题，可以迫使大脑模拟情境。

But what if, instead of all these spicy peppers, we decided to eat mold?

但如果，我们吃下的不是这些辣椒，而是霉菌呢？

What if instead of focusing on what not to do, we focused on what to do?

如果相反，我们不强调“不做什么”，而是关注“做什么”呢？

Like, what if instead of a horse, for example, you just had a pair of coconuts?

例如，怎样能替代一匹马的出现，你只需要一副椰子壳？

But what if instead of my friend, Henry here, the dog I had were yellow, completely hairless and completely robotic.

但是，如果不是我的朋友亨利，而是一只黄色的、完全没有毛、完全机械化的狗在这里，会怎么样？

But imagine if instead of two poles you had 1 to 10 million. This is what happens on the Sun.

但是想象一下如果你不是只有2极，而是有1百万或1千万个磁极的情景。而太阳上就是这样。

But what would happen if, instead of going to Mars, you went to Venus?

但是，如果你不去火星， 而是去金星， 会发生什么？

What if, instead of responding with partisanship, we responded with a focus on results?

如果我们不是以党派偏见回应，而是以结果为重点回应怎么办？

And you're wondering if instead of encouraging them by example...

到不如换成用惩罚来教导。

But what if instead of using coaches

但是如果不使用教练呢？

What if, instead of considering time in terms of astronomy, we related time to ecology?

如果我们不从天文学的角度考虑时间， 而是将时间与生态联系起来会怎么样？