Well, since you ask, I'm not convinced any of this extra work is necessary for your place in the scheme of things.

既然你问了，我不认为你额外的学习对你有什么用处。

They serve as a humbling reminder  of our insignificance in the scheme of things.

它们谦卑地提醒我们在事物的计划中是微不足道的。

So in the scheme of things, this is something that I have determined and on behalf of my family, that it's worth risking my life for.

那么按情况我得做出决定，于是我代表我的家庭决定为此去冒一下生命危险。

It was entirely owing to this deficiency in the scheme of things that Arthur had ever brought any one into trouble besides himself.

完全是由于事情计划的这种缺陷，亚瑟除了他自己之外，还曾给任何人带来过麻烦。

A trillion dollars – that's one thousand billion dollars – is at once an absurdly huge amount of money, and not that much in the scheme of things.

一兆美元(也就是一万亿美元)，咋一看真的是一笔超级巨款，但考虑要做的事情的话就不会觉得它很多了。

It might run dry after the first few tentative words or last just long enough to create a masterpiece(or several) that would last forever and make a difference in the scheme of things.

或许在你试探性地写上几个字后它就会枯干，或许足够用来创作一部影响深远的不朽巨著(或是几部)。