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如何提高办事效率

Stay out of the past (and don't go too far into the future)

告别过去（且避免过分想象未来）

How many times do we find ourselves dwelling on the past and reliving memories, both fond and painful? Physically, we're in one place at one time, yet mentally and emotionally we're somewhere else entirely. If we're not lost in once-upon-a-times, chances are we're projecting ourselves into the future, either worrying about things that haven't happened yet or daydreaming about what might be.

有多少次，我们发现自己既迷恋又痛苦地沉浸在过去及回忆之中？生理上而言，我们一次只能在一个地方；但心理和情绪上来讲，我们却可以完全身处异地。如果不是沉浸在过去之中，那我们很可能就是在想象未来——要么为还没发生的事情担忧，要么做着不着边际的白日梦。

Though it certainly pays to take the occasional look ahead in order to know where we're going, when it comes to getting things done, we benefit much more from being present in the moment and focusing on the now.

当然，偶尔预想未来能让我们清楚目前的状况；但若需把事情做完，我们还是应当多活在当下、珍惜现在。

By being alert and focused on the task at hand, we're more capable of doing what needs to be done.

只要保持敏锐并专心做好手中任务，我们肯定会越来越能处理好该做的事情。

【知识点讲解】

dwell on 老是想着， 详述； 居住在（某处）； 不嫌词费；

例句：

I shut out the memory which was too painful to dwell on.

我不再去回忆那些痛苦不堪的往事了。

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

沉湎于虚幻的梦想而忘记现实的生活，是毫无益处的。

Sometimes his mind would dwell on the horrors he had been through.

有时他会老是想着他所经历过的种种恐怖.

capable of 有…能力（或技能）的，能…的；

例句：

I believe I am capable of calculating the political consequences accurately.

我觉得我能准确预料此事的政治后果。

All dogs are capable of doing harm to human beings.

只要是狗就可能会咬人。

She has an aged parent who's capable of being very difficult.

她有一个年迈的父亲，可能会很不好相处。

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