It didn't narrow things down at all.

它根本没有缩小范围。

I say we shut this whole thing down!

我说，我们来结束这一切吧！

Well, writing things down is probably more useful.

拿笔记下来可能更有用一些。

Around 7,000 years ago, humans began writing things down.

大约7000年前人类开始文字记载东西。

He wanted to slow things down and emphasize education.

他想放慢脚步，加强教育。

Listen for the phrase " shut this whole thing down" .

请听短语 shut this whole thing down。

There's actually an easy way to narrow things down.

其实有一个简单的方法来缩小范围。

But the pandemic slowed things down.

但疫情减缓了事情的发展。

You really have that klutzy thing down, don't you?

你真的很爱装出笨手笨脚的样子 是不是？

I've got the restaurant thing down.

我得去把餐馆的事搞定。

I tend to write things down again and again and again and again.

我会一遍又一遍地把东西写下来。

He didn't want cold. That narrowed things down to Florida.

他不想天气太冷。这样就把范围缩小到佛罗里达了。

My philosophy is one of you has to calm things down.

我的理念是你们中的一个人必须平静下来。

This is the place. What is that black thing down there?

这就是那个人上下的地方，下面那个黑东西是什么？

The shutdown slowed things down somewhat, probably by a couple weeks.

政府停摆在一定程度上减缓了事态的发展，减缓了几个星期吧。

And we get a different way of doing things down there.

而我们在下面有不同的做事方式。

One of the most effective ways to concentrate is to write things down.

最有效的莫过于做笔记。

And now I'm gonna slow things down a little bit.

我会开始放慢我说话的速度。

I can write four things down in my little spreadsheet column.

我可以在我的电子表格栏中写下这四个要点。

This is why I was trying to slow things down with Haley.

这就是为什么我想和海莉慢慢来。