1. Arthur C. Clark once suggested a revolutionary idea passes through three phases:
    亚瑟.C.克拉克曾提议，一种创新的想法要经过以下3个阶段：

2. Apparently, there is a good deal of truth in this idea.
    显然，这种说法里面包含着许多真实性。

3. Although Stalin was always cautious about committing himself to any particular type of organization, he never showed any antagonism to the idea of a world body.
    尽管斯大林一直小心谨慎，不愿对任何具体的组织承担义务（即怕进去后受约束），但对于一个世界性机构的设想，他却从未表示过敌对的态度。

4. At this moment an idea burst upon him — a glorious idea.
    这时他突然想到一个主意——一个伟大的主意。

5. All of us have experienced this sudden arrival of a new idea, but it is easiest to examine it in the great creative personalities, many of whom experienced it in an intensified form and have written it down in their life stories and letters.
    我们都有过灵机一动突然有了这样一个新想法的经历，而这在那些富有创造性的天才人物身上最显而易见。他们中的许多人对这种经历有着强烈的感受，并在回忆录和信函中将其记录了下来。

6. "While I'm in the airport, I ask three or four people to get an idea for how much it will cost to get to my destination," he explains.
    "在机场时，我向三四个人打听到我的目的地要花多少钱，"他解释说，

7. "It was the answer to my prayers because it seemed to be a victory over this idea that 'women can't lead'."
    "这正是对我的祈祷的回应，因为它似乎战胜了这种观念：女人当不了领导者。"

8. "They have no idea what their winter attendance levels will be and they're battling to get costs to an appropriate level.
    "他们不知道冬季的游客量会达到什么水平，他们正在努力使成本降到恰当的水平。

9. She hit on a good idea.
    她想到一个好主意。

10. Master in his own house, he has little idea of when to say boo to a maitre d´hotel.
    他在自己家里是主人，但对什么时候可以对旅馆管事者表示不满，几乎一无所知。