We take it for granted that they would consent.

我们想当然地认为他们会同意。

We take it for granted that knowledge advances rapidly.

我们认为知识快速增长是理所当然的。

The air we breathe is so freely available that we take it for granted.

空气到处都有，我们是如此轻易得到它，以至我们常将其易得性视为理所当然。

When we don't appreciate the good, when we take it for granted, the good depreciates.

当我们不感激好的东西，把它看作理所当然，好的东西会贬值。

For human babies, we take it for granted that there's a 50/50 chance of either answer, boy or girl.

对人类婴儿而言，我们想当然认为有各半的机会其答案会是男生或女生。

Which brings me to my final point: Our democracy is threatened whenever we take it for granted.

这也就引出了我想声明的最后一点——如果我们把民主视作理所当然之时，便是它受到威胁之时。

We are so accustomed to newspapers and books and magazines that we take it for granted that the world has always been able to read and write.

最重要的是，古埃及人发明了为后人保存语言的方法—一文字。

When you consider the incredible complexity of these processes, it is a wonder that its operation is normally so flawless that we take it for granted.

不可思议的是它的日常运转却如此完美，以至于我们将这一切视为理所当然。

Nowadays, we take it for granted that races are automatically timed with precision, measured to within a hundredth of a second, sometimes a thousandth of a second.

现在，我们理所当然地认为比赛是自动计时的，精确到百分之一秒以内，有时甚至是千分之一秒。