The first story is about connecting the dots.

第一个故事　关于串起生命中的点点滴滴。

The increase in meaning-making comes from connecting the dots.

意义感的提升来自于这些点的连接。

The first one is this notion of connecting the dots.

首先是“联系各点”的观念。

Companies are eager to win patents for " connecting the dots" , explains Hans Sauer, a lawyer for the BIO.

BIO 的律师 Hans Sauer 解释道，公司渴望获得专利来以便归纳推理得出结论。

Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. The first story is about connecting the dots.

今天我想跟你们讲述我人生中的三个故事。第一个故事是关于连点成线。

It is not just one thing, it is the thread that is connecting the dots of everything that you do.

不仅仅是一件事，是连接每件你做的事情的一根线。

So really, the question comes down to, you know, connecting the dots and which party can do that more effectively.

因此，问题可以归结为，把这些点联系起来，哪个政党的举措能更有效。

If connecting the dots networking, is it networking?

如果把点连成网络，那还是网络吗？

So, the five ideas: Connecting the dots to find meaning through work and life views.

因此，五个想法： 连接点通过工作和生活观点找到意义。

But it is not clear that voters have thus far been connecting the dots back to President Biden even if they have been personally benefiting from something he's done.

但尚不清楚的是，选民目前是否将这些与拜登总统联系到一起，即使他们一直在从拜登的举措中获得个人利益。

And so with something like climate change, with every new scientific report, documentary, connecting the dots between, you know, what we're doing and the impact it's having, it can collectively be pushing us outside of our window of tolerance.

因此，对于像气候变化这样的事情， 每一份新的科学报告、纪录片，都把我们正在做的事情和它所产生的影响联系起来，它可以共同把我们推到我们的容忍窗口之外。

And if we are smart about connecting the dots that are right in front of our noses, we can do far more than give a family a box of superhero-shaped vegetable-enriched macaroni noodles and a gallon of barbecue sauce to feed themselves.

如果我们聪明地将眼前的点连接起来，我们能做的远不止是给一个家庭一盒超级英雄形状的富含蔬菜的通心粉面条和一加仑烧烤酱来养活他们自己。